PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The objective of the study was to examine the impact of public-private partnership on educational infrastructure in Ogun State model secondary schools. There is a consensus among educationists, policy experts and policy makers that there are not enough resources for government alone to address growing education challenges in many developing countries. Consequently, a paradigm shift by the government to embrace the PPP initiatives in addressing infrastructural decay in schools is advocated. Data were derived from the review of official records, newspapers, website, journals and internet. Findings show that Public-Private Partnership in Ogun State model secondary school is based on the joint venture approach between government agencies and corporate investors. So far, attention has been on the provision of qualitative education at the secondary school level for the citizens, while the challenges militating against Public-Private Partnership in education are increase in the growing population, inadequate financing of the sector, lack of qualified teachers, ill-motivated manpower, corruption and systemic embezzlement as well as the exclusion of low-income people from the PPPs services. Given the huge educational gap at public secondary school level in Ogun State, the study recommend training of stakeholders that are involved in PPPs, stakeholders must be conversant with the rudiments, knowledge and orientation of projects they are embarking upon, also we should localised our enabling laws so that our institutional framework can be strengthen, corruption and nepotism should not hold way in contracting and bidding of PPPs projects like it was done on other public utilities.

Keywords

• public-private-partnerships
• infrastructure development
• model secondary school
• ogun state