SUPREME MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TRAINING EVENT,LAGOS STATE, 2009 Design and Implementatin f Public Private Partnerships (PPPs( PPPs) ) in Educatin Case Study- Technical And Vcatinal Educatin Dlap Kukyi, Assciate Partner 7/29/2009 1
OUTLINE Backgrund Technical and Vcatinal Educatin (TVE) Definitin and Relevance t Natinal Develpment Histry and Challenges f Technical and Vcatinal Educatin in Nigeria Definitin f PPP Why PPPs Design f PPPs In TVE Case Studies Learning Curves and Imperatives 7/29/2009 2
State f Public Educatin Wrldwide Widening Infrastructure Gap v grwing ppulatin and increased demand Inadequate Gvernment Funding Equal Prvisin and Access t Quality and Affrdable Educatin Inadequate Facilities Falling Standards Cnstraints in maintenance and supervisin Training cnstraints 7/29/2009 3
Alternatives Private Schls Cmmunity Schls Missin Schls Questin - Are they adequate t meet grwing and diverse demands?? 7/29/2009 4
Technical and Vcatinal Educatin - Definitin Technical and Vcatinal Educatin refers t thse aspects f the educatinal prcess invlving in additin t general educatin, the study f technlgies and related sciences and the acquisitin f practical skills, attitudes, understanding and knwledge relating t ccupatins in varius sectrs f ecnmic and scial life. ILO and UNESCO Technical educatin - a planned prgram f curses and learning experiences that begins with explratin f career ptins, supprts basic academic and life skills, and enables achievement f high academic standards, leadership, preparatin fr industry-defined wrk. Vcatinal educatin and training prepares learners fr careers that are based in manual r practical activities, traditinally nn-academic and ttally related t a specific trade, ccupatin r vcatin. 7/29/2009 5
Relevance t Natinal Develpment Ecnmic Empwerment Yuth Empwerment Pverty Alleviatin Self Reliant Sciety Cntinuing Adult Educatin Rural Develpment Ecnmic Grwth Capacity Building Encurages Innvatin and Technlgical Depth 7/29/2009 6
Histry f TVE in Nigeria Clnial Era and Stigma attached t TVE Ryal Sciety f Arts (RSA) and City Guilds Lndn (CGLI) Establishment f West African Examinatin Cuncil (WAEC) Take ver f RSA and CGLI rle and FCC Certificate Intrductin f NBTE Curriculum Intrductin f NABTEB 7/29/2009 7
CHALLENGES OF TVE IN NIGERIA Miscnceptin f TVE Nature and value Lack f plitical will fr prper Implementatin Pr Funding Inadequate Facilities Prly qualified Teachers and Pr incentives Deficient and utdated curriculum Dearth f Relevant Texts Exam Oriented Apprach t curriculum Inability t keep up with technlgical changes Lw Student Mrale Student Skills Irrelevance t the Market Place 7/29/2009 8
WHICH WAY FORWARD?? 7/29/2009 Dlap Kukyi, Assciate Partner, 9
PARTNERSHIPS - PPPS?? What is a PPP? A cntractual Arrangement between a gvernment Agency and a private sectr /Nn Gvernmental/Civil Sciety that allws fr greater private sectr participatin in the delivery f Infrastructure r Services 7/29/2009 10
WHY PPPs IN EDUCATION?? Infrastructure/Service deficit Private Sectr/NGOs/CSOs brings resurces and expertise that Gvernment lacks Enhances acceptance by private sectr where they are stakehlders Risks are allcated t thse best able t handle them Future Funds are nt tied up in servicing debts Increases Gvernment s capacity t invest Greater budget transparency Infrastructure/Service is delivered when it is needed Capacity Building Ensures Accuntability Encurages custmer service rientatin with respect t public services 7/29/2009 11
Typical PPP Arrangements in Educatin Service Required by Gvernment Management, Prfessinal Services Operatinal Services Educatin Services Prvisin f Facilities Prvisin f Facilities and Educatinal Services Definitin Gvernment buys schl management services r auxiliary and prfessinal services Gvernment buys schl peratin services Gvernment buys student places in Private Schls Gvernment buys facility availability Gvernment buys facility availability cmbined with services Cntractual Arrangement Management Cntracts and Prfessinal Services Cntracts Operatinal Cntracts Cntracts fr educatin f specific students Prvisin f infrastructure service cntracts Prvisin f Infrastructure and Educatin Service Cntracts 7/29/2009 12
DESIGN OF PPP s IN TVE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL DESIGN ITS CONTEXTUAL 7/29/2009 13
DESIGN OF PPP s IN TVE PERTINENT ISSUES Finding the Right Partner (s) Partnership Structure Rles and Respnsibilities Funding Structure Clear articulatin f TVE with natinal/state ecnmic gals Enabling Legal and Regulatry Framewrk 7/29/2009 14
Finding The Right Partner(s) Relevant Grup/Industry Antecedents and Experience Capacity/Strengths Understanding f Gvernment Ecnmic Objectives and Gals 7/29/2009 15
Finding The Right Partner (s) Usual Suspects Private Sectr (Industries, Businesses) Parents Small and Mid-sized, and Large Businesses Entrepreneurs Nn- Gvernmental Organizatins Dnr Agencies Cmmunity Service Organizatins Labur Organizatins 7/29/2009 16
Partnership Structure Optins See Slide 12 Distinct Partnership Arrangements with Industries, Business, NGOs, CSOs, Dnr Agencies playing Different rles with the relevant Ministry crdinating the different arrangement twards a cmmn gal Jint Effrt with a Central Regulatry Bdy playing an versight functin Jint Effrt in the frm f a bdy made up f Stakehlders led by the versight Ministry 7/29/2009 17
Partnership Structure Optins- General Principles Objectives and Gals must be prperly articulated t all stakehlders. Allcate risks and respnsibilities t parties best able t handle them PPPs d nt abslve Gvernment f its respnsibilities. Quality Cntrl and Standard Setting versight functins shuld ultimately be Gvernment respnsibility. Gvernment must be cmmitted t address inequities where private sectr effrts are insufficient. 7/29/2009 18
Funding Structure Optins Direct Funding Tax Levies Dnr Agencies aided grants and lans Gvernment Subsidies 7/29/2009 19
Enabling Legal and Regulatry Framewrk Features Flexibility Best Value Apprach Allws a mix f public and private input Investment Friendly Avids Retrgressive Apprach 7/29/2009 DOLAPO KUKOYI, Assciate Partner, 20
Existing Legislative Framewrk n TVE in Nigeria Natinal Bard Fr Technical Educatin established by the NBTE Act Natinal Business and Technical Examinatins Bard Act Industrial Training Fund Act Educatin Tax Act 7/29/2009 DOLAPO KUKOYI, Assciate Partner, 21
Existing Regulatry Framewrk 7/29/2009 22
Other Issues Relevant t Design f TVE Suitability fr the Labr Market Acquiring Skills fr Entrepreneurship Rural Areas Accuntability Perceptin Change 7/29/2009 23
Case Study Chile 1970s-1990 1990 Refrms implemented by tw successive gvernments First Gvernment (Military Gvernment) effected the fllwing refrms: Decentralizatin f management f primary secndary and vcatinal schls and remved barriers t new prviders Legal Mandates and plitical cercin Deregulatin f frmal educatin and nn frmal educatin Creatin f Sence under the Ministry f Labur t facilitate arrangements between rganisatins demanding specialised training and training prviders Reductin f gvernment rles t nrmative functins Teachers were stripped f their special civil service status and made subject t private labur laws in terms f wages and labur actin. Teachers were sidelined and replaced with municipal gvernments which were weak, cmpliant t gvernment and techncrats There was an intentin t increase the relevance f wrk related educatin and training thrugh clser invlvement f enterprises Cmmn curriculum fr all students with specializatin in their third year 7/29/2009 24
Case Study Chile - 1970s-1990s 1990s Technical Educatin Centres and Prfessinal Institutes were created but Gvernment reserved the right t take them back Crprate schls and Cmmunity schls Restricted avenues fr cmmunity schls Curricula was deregulated s that schls were free t decide cntents f their curricula and teaching methds within a general framewrk established by the ministry Administratin f schls was ttally left t the schl peratrs and crprate schls established an advisry cmmittee cmprised f a grup f lcal enterprises Structure created had ptential fr creating an effective efficient verall structure 7/29/2009 DOLAPO KUKOYI, Assciate Partner, 25
Case Study Chile - 1970s-1990s 1990s - Dwnsides Gvernment discretin t take back schls N supprting capacity building fr Autnmy Sidelining f Teachers Disparity between Cmmunity and Crprate schls Quality Issues 7/29/2009 DOLAPO KUKOYI, Assciate Partner, 26
1990s nwards Demcratically elected gvernment Gvernment incentives, supprt and infrmatin tk precedence Issues f access, quality and subsidiarity where taken mre seriusly Training, Teacher capacity, quality management were cnsidered The refrms made laid the fundatin fr the German-Chilean Cperatin 7/29/2009 DOLAPO KUKOYI, Assciate Partner, 27
1990s nwards German Chilean Prject Started in 1992 and was cmpleted in 2002 Prblems assciated with this perid included utdated subjects and teaching methds, little practical training, shrtage f teaching staff Objective f the prject was refcused t strengthen EMTP secndary schls fr the pr and intrduce enterprise based learning Financed thrugh Chilean and German surces Cmmenced with pilt prjects in three schls Micr and Macr Level Apprach In the schls a mdified mdel f dual educatin was develped and implemented Relevant stakehlders: Entrepreneurs, emplyees, trainees and teaching staff were invlved and shwed wnership because they saw ptential Initial Funding was frm the German Chilean cperatin subsequent funding was frm schl bards 7/29/2009 DOLAPO KUKOYI, Assciate Partner, 28
ENGRAVING SESSION WHAT LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNT FROM THE CHILE CASE STUDY? HOW WOULD YOU IMPLEMENT THE LESSONS IN CONTEXT TO YOUR ESTABLISHMENTS? 7/29/2009 DOLAPO KUKOYI, Assciate Partner, 29
Learning Curves Participatry Learning Structures are Essential Stakehlder Input and Invlvement Essential at all stages Refrms in standards, curricular develpment, training, exam versight must reflect private sectr interests t increase student pprtunities Need t attract the right attitude f private sectr partners Feedback and Cmmunicatin is KEY Gvernment Cmmitment and Interventin help prmte equality where there is disparity 7/29/2009 30
Learning Curves Standardizatin, Accreditatin, Certificatin, Articulatin, Quality Assurance shuld be left t Gvernment versight. 7/29/2009 31
Imperatives Articulate the General Framewrk with Stakehlder Input Get the Structure Right Create enabling envirnment fr Partners Gvernment t maintain versight functin With Plitical Will ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE 7/29/2009 32
QUESTIONS? 7/29/2009 33
THANKYOU FOR PARTICIPATING 7/29/2009 DOLAPO KUKOYI, Assciate Partner, 34