Education Reform in Pakistan: Partnerships for Management as the Way Forward in Education
Published - Apr 1, 2015IDEAS has been involved in a year-long, mixed-methods study on Partnerships for Management, funded by Ilm Ideas. The objective of the study is to generate evidence on the subject, assess the contribution of the mechanism to education reform, and engage with questions of policy effectiveness and sustainability. This study – a seminal evidence-based research study on the subject – lends credence to the policy position that PfMs are a viable, even necessary, solution for the crisis of public provision of education in Pakistan.
This Policy Note is based on the findings of the study, and sets out the main issues relating to the prevailing policy deficit on the subject of the PPPs, specifically PfMs. It also underscores the urgent need for deepening the dialogue on the PfMs and their potential role in developing the capacity of the State for meaningful, widely accessible, and scalable education provision. Finally, it seeks to provide a broad policy framework for the institutional reform of PfMs. The objectives of this framework are two-fold: to bring the State back into the processes of education reform and provision on the one hand, and to create demand and generate positive incentives for civil society actors to invest their capacities, know-how and resources, and to expand their involvement, in public schools on the other.
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Bari, F., & Malik, R. (2015). Education Reform in Pakistan: Parternships for Management as the Way Forward in Education. Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS).