Blog: Re-building resilient education systems: three lessons on the privatisation of education emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic

October 2, 2020

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Article on the World Education Blog written by 13 members of the Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium, including this extract:

“It is well-known that the disruptions to education due to COVID-19 are enormous.

In order to understand the full effects of the pandemic, members of the Privatisation Education and Human Rights Consortium, an informal network of national, regional and global organisations and individuals who collaborate to analyse and respond to the challenges posed by the rapid growth of private actors in education from a human rights perspective and propose alternatives, have collectively monitored the news related to private education in the context of COVID-19. The following key lessons have emerged.”

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