ALLANA MANAGEMENT JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, PUNE - Volume 2, Issue 2, July 2012 - December, 2012

Pages: 76-81
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GROWTH OF EDUCATION SECTOR IN INDIA WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

Author: DR. VIKAS SARAF, DR. MAHENDRA SINGHAI, MS. LATA YADAV

Category: Human Resource Management

Abstract:

A Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a partnership between the public and private sector for the purpose of delivering a project or service, which would traditionally be provided by the public sector. The PPP process
recognizes that both the public sector and the private sector have certain advantages relative to the other
in the performance of specific tasks, and can enable public services and infrastructure to be provided in the most
economically efficient manner by allowing each sector to do what it does best.
PPPs involve the private sector partner providing a 'bundle' of services such as design, construction and maintenance.
Bundling thus differs from traditional contracting out, whereby separate contracts are let for each service. PPPs are
another element in the general move to modernize the public service and local government, providing greater
efficiency and effectiveness and ultimately a better quality customer service.
As far as education is concerned there are many obstacles to the successful provision of universal primary and
secondary education. The failure of state schools to provide adequate schooling is a serious hindrance to achieving
the international goal of education for all. Non-state providers of education are regarded as an alternative but the
variation in the quality of education provided is a growing concern.
In developing countries like India, the state's ability to provide an adequate and acceptable level of education has
been scrutinized over the last two decades. Private providers of education have long been present in Indian
education at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. The possibility of partnerships in education has emerged at the
tertiary level with the increased demand for Indian university education both within India and outside. It has yet to
emerge as a contending framework for provision in the Indian school system.

Keywords: Partnership, Mentoring, bottom of the pyramid, Build -Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT)