Inequality of Educational Opportunity: The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Baum, Donald R.; Abdul-Hamid, Husein; Wesley, Hugo T.
Titel	Inequality of Educational Opportunity: The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 44 (2018) 4, S.459-475 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Baum, Donald R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2017.1421153
Schlagwörter	Equal Education; Educational Opportunities; Private Schools; Foreign Countries; Social Stratification; Educational Attainment; Costs; Educational Quality; Social Mobility; Access to Education; School Districts; School Choice; Poverty; Statistical Analysis; Elementary Secondary Education; Least Squares Statistics; Regression (Statistics); Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Private school; Privatschule; Ausland; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Cost; Kosten; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Soziale Mobilität; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; School district; Schulbezirk; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Armut; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Using data from a census of private schools in one of Lagos, Nigeria's administrative jurisdictions, this paper explores the linkages between a heterogeneous sector of private schools and issues of school access, affordability, quality, and ultimately social mobility for households at the bottom of the income distribution. Although a large private education market has buoyed Lagos's growth towards near-universal primary enrolment, this heterogeneous school sector appears to be providing socially stratifying paths towards educational attainment. We apply Lucas's theory of effectively maintained inequality to assess the extent to which access to higher quality education services within the private sector is determined by cost. We find that higher-cost private schools provide students with greater opportunities to study in institutions with higher quality inputs and increased potential for progression within the educational system. As such, it is highly likely that these schools are primarily accessible to students at the upper ends of the income distribution. (As Provided).
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