The role of the private sector in public education : a Manawatu region based case study : a thesis submitted to the Massey University of Palmerston North in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Education
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2011
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Massey University
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This thesis analyses the role of the private sector in public education. It uses a Case Study
based on a questionnaire of primary Principals in the Manawatu Region of New Zealand to
generate its findings. This study identifies the extent to which Principals are pressurised into
filling the funding gap created by the lack of Government funding to cover the full cost of
running a school. Policy changes in education initially started by the Labour Government in
1984 and continued by the National Government in 1990 have been based on values that
promote individualism, personal responsibility, and a belief in the market as a way of
allocating resources in society. This thesis argues that the forms of alternative funding
schools have been forced to enter into are a deliberate move to normalise school/business
relationships. Promotion of these relationships severally disadvantages low socio-economic
schools and families and will only lead to wider disparity between rich and poor and thus a
less fair and equal education system.
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Public schools, Public-private sector cooperation, Business and education, New Zealand