INTL 190 - Haiti in a Transnational Context

The Concept of Privatization of Educational Institutions

One of the similarities that surface in the education realm of the Haiti and Chile is on the concept of privatization of educational institutions. For instance, in Haiti, almost all schools are private run. These schools are run by either religious, non-governmental or for profit organizations. This is similar to Chile’s education setting. Most of the schools in Chile are privately run (Zapata-Sepúlveda, Jiménez-Benítez & Concha-Astorga, 2013). However, the only difference is that in Chile, the government efficiently funds the public schools regardless of the fact that the education sphere is dominated by privately run schools, unlike in Haiti where privately public schools are barely funded by the government. Similarly, despite the similarity of privatization of the education institutions in both countries, the difference that surfaces is that the in Haiti, even the public schools ask for tuition fee while in Chile, the first years of primary education are free, catered for by the government funding. The domination of privately run learning institutions has had significant adverse impacts on the education sector in both countries.

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