Tooley, Dixon and Gomathi on private education in Hyderabad: a reply

TY - JOUR

T1 - Tooley, Dixon and Gomathi on private education in Hyderabad: a reply

AU - Sarangapani, Padma M.

AU - Winch, Christopher

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - Tooley, Dixon and Gomathi maintain that private unrecognised unaided schools in Hyderabad, India, catering for children of the poor, provide a better level of education than do their government counterparts. We examine this contention and argue first that Tooley et al.'s conceptualisation of education and its benefits is flawed and second that the evidence selected and provided to prove the empirical side of the case is one-sided and unrepresentative. We conclude that their case remains unproven and that flaws in the argument and its evidence provide no substantial case for their contention.

AB - Tooley, Dixon and Gomathi maintain that private unrecognised unaided schools in Hyderabad, India, catering for children of the poor, provide a better level of education than do their government counterparts. We examine this contention and argue first that Tooley et al.'s conceptualisation of education and its benefits is flawed and second that the evidence selected and provided to prove the empirical side of the case is one-sided and unrepresentative. We conclude that their case remains unproven and that flaws in the argument and its evidence provide no substantial case for their contention.

U2 - 10.1080/03054985.2010.495465

DO - 10.1080/03054985.2010.495465

M3 - Article

VL - 36

SP - 499

EP - 515

JO - Oxford Review of Education

JF - Oxford Review of Education

IS - 4

ER -