Resources
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PEHRC’s resource hub brings together key evidence on the challenges faced by our public education systems globally, including the privatisation in and of education, for policymakers, researchers and education advocates.
Key Resource on the Right to Education
The Abidjan Principles
The Abidjan Principles are a tool for governments, courts and education advocates to defend education as a human right.
Developed through extensive consultations across five continents, the Principles clarify States' obligations to provide public education and to regulate private actors.
Resource Library
Re-building resilient education systems: three lessons on the privatisation of education emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic
Type: Opinion Piece
Author(s): Members of the Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium (PEHRC)
Publisher(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Language(s): English, French, Spanish
Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the right to education: concerns, challenges and opportunities
Type: Research
Author(s): Koumbou Boly Barry
Publisher(s): United Nations
Language(s): English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian , Mandarin
Private education and compliance with the Abidjan Principles: A study of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nigeria
Type: Research
Author(s): Elaine Unterhalter et al.
Publisher(s): ActionAid International
Language(s): English
Commercialisation and privatisation in/of education in the context of Covid-19
Type: Research
Author(s): Ben Williamson & Anna Hogan
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
Fiscal austerity and the financing of education in Brazil
Type: Research
Author(s): Pedro Rossi et al.
Publisher(s): CEDES
Language(s): Portuguese
Public Good or Private Wealth? Universal health, education and other public services reduce the gap between rich and poor, and between women and men.
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): Chan et al.
Publisher(s): Oxfam
Language(s): English, Arabic, Spanish, French
Pearson 2025 - Transforming teaching and privatising education data
Type: Research
Author(s): Sam Sellar& Anna Hogan
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
In Whose Interest? The UK’s role in privatising education around the world
Type: Research
Author(s): Initial research carried out by Mark Curtis
Publisher(s): Global Justice Now & National Education Union
Language(s): English
In sheep’s clothing: Philanthropy and the privatisation of the ‘democratic’ state
Type: Research
Author(s): Antonio Olmedo & Carolina Junemann
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
What do we really know about Bridge International Academies?
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): Curtis Riep
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
Public Good or Private Wealth? Universal health, education and other public services reduce the gap between rich and poor, and between women and men
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): Chan et al.
Publisher(s): Oxfam
Language(s): English, French, Spanish, Arabic
The implementation of the right to education and Sustainable Development Goal 4 in the context of the growth of private actors in education
Type: Research
Author(s): Farida Shaheed
Publisher(s): United Nations (UN)
Language(s): English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Mandarin, Russian
La privatización educativa en Argentina
Type: Research
Author(s): Myriam Feldfeber et al.
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): Spanish
Public good over private profit: A toolkit for civil society to resist the privatisation of education
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): Caroline Pearce, Jo Walker & Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Publisher(s): Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Language(s): English
Privatisation and the sale of public school lands in Mauritania
Type: Research
Author(s): AFCF, COMEDUC &GI-ESCR
Publisher(s): AFCF, COMEDUC &GI-ESCR
Language(s): English
Low Cost Private Schools: School choice for the poor at the expense of quality?
Type: Research
Author(s): The East African centre for Human Rights (EACHRights)
Publisher(s): The East African centre for Human Rights (EACHRights)
Language(s): English
Commercialisation in public schooling - An Australian study
Type: Research
Author(s): Sam Sellar et al.
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
Financing education: why should tax justice be part of the solution?
Type: Research
Author(s): Maria Ron Balsera et al.
Publisher(s): A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Language(s): English
The effects of privatisation on girls’ access to free, quality public education in Malawi, Mozambique, Liberia, Tanzania and Nepal
Type: Research
Author(s): Eva Iversen & Alberto Begue
Publisher(s): ActionAid
Language(s): English
Polítiques de tria i assignació d’escola: quins efectes tenen sobre la segregació escolar?
Type: Opinion Piece
Author(s): Miquel Àngel Alegre
Publisher(s): Fundació Jaume Bofill
Language(s): Spanish
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