Public vs market driven models of sustainability

Posted Jul 30, 2009 12:42am
ewglustrom

As organizations are looking to scale educational initiatives to a country or international level, does it make sense to pursue support from the government, to focus on a market driven approach, or to find the right combination of both?  What do you see as the pros and cons of each path in regards to your work? 

Educate!, an organization that is working to transform the education system in Uganda such that it prepares the next generation of socially responsible leaders, is currently exploring the potential of both the market driven and governmental collaboration models of scalability and financial sustainability.  Take a look at Educate!'s entry in the Champions of Quality Education in Developing Countries competition: http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/node/52767 

It will be great to hear your thoughts!

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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 05:52
collindus

Before there can be a market driven system I think there should be a good public system in place, and the private sector can then measure itself on the public sector, as sort of of competition. This could serve as a quality control mechanism.