Thushari Welikala

"Public-private partnerships", "low fee private schools", "North-South" and "South-South" collaborations, "family and community engagement", "best practices", and "policy transfer" have now become buzzwords in education and development. As a community, we hope that these approaches will help us establish equitable and inclusive education systems for all students (thus meeting the goals and targets of Sustainable Development Goal 4 and the Education for All agenda). For some, the hope is that they will help increase “national competitiveness” and “human capital”, two other buzz words in use.