L'impact de la privatisation et de la marchandisation de l'éducation sur le droit à l'éducation en Côte d'Ivoire

• In Event: L'état des lieux de la privatisation et de la marchandisation de l'éducation dans les pays francophones d'Afrique : cas de la Côte d'Ivoire, du Mali et du Sénégal

Proposal

With the support of the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) and the contribution of the Réseau de Recherche Francophone sur la Privatisation de l’Education (ReFPE), MIDH conducted a research project on the above-mentioned topic with a sample size of 194 individuals and organisations from September 2020 to April 2021 in five Ivorian constituencies. The executive summary of the report was published on September 7, 2021, and the long report in June 2022.

The objective of the research was to assess the impact of the privatisation and commercialisation of education on the right to education in relation to the standards of the right to education summarised in the Abidjan Principles.

From the analysis of the data gathered, seven findings were made:

A strong privatisation of education since 1992 which results from a political choice;

An insufficient and declining normative framework;

The privatisation of education as a rooting factor of discrimination on grounds related to social inequalities, disability and the allocation of students by the State in private and public schools;

The failure of the State to provide and finance public, free and quality schools for all;

The transformation of education into a commodity;

The non-compliance with regulatory standards by private actors; and

Less participatory and democratic private schools.

Author

• Amadou DAHOU, Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (MIDH)