An education revolution: The privatisation of schooling in capital city conurbations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Paul Bennell

International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, vol. 105, issue C

Abstract: This article focuses on one of the most significant and yet generally unreported developments in schooling provision in Sub-Saharan Africa during the last two decades, namely the rapid privatisation of primary and secondary schooling in capital city conurbations across the continent. In a majority of countries, this has led to the emergence of a spatially segmented education system with, on the one hand, increasingly privatised schooling provision in these conurbations and, to a lesser extent, other urban areas and, on the other hand, the predominance of generaly very poorly resourced public schooling in rural areas.

Keywords: Private education; Capital city conurbations; Sub-Saharan Africa; Enrolments; Schools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.102988

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