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Privatisation of Education

In: Privatisation against the European Social Model

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  • Wolfgang Blaas

    (Vienna University of Technology)

  • Elsa Hackl

    (Vienna University)

  • Birgit Mahnkopf

    (Berlin School of Economics)

Abstract

For several years education seems to have been under pressure with regard to its content, organisation and funding. National education systems are being challenged because of shortcomings in teaching and learning. ‘Are students well prepared for future challenges?’2 the OECD is asking, and it assesses the knowledge and skills of students near the end of compulsory education every three years. In the countries that participate in this exercise, a low ranking often translates into a national disaster. At the same time, national governments have ceased to regard education as a core public activity and begun to stress individual responsibility. Consequently, liberalisation, deregulation, privatisation and marketisation have spread in diverse forms and to various extents on different levels of the educational systems of EU member countries — from pre-elementary to higher education and vocational training institutions. This is the topic of the current chapter.

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  • Wolfgang Blaas & Elsa Hackl & Birgit Mahnkopf, 2009. "Privatisation of Education," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Marica Frangakis & Christoph Hermann & Jörg Huffschmid & Károly Lóránt (ed.), Privatisation against the European Social Model, chapter 10, pages 145-163, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-25068-0_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230250680_10
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