International Institute for Educational Planning Policy Forum on Private Tutoring

Private tutoring is becoming increasingly visible across a wide range of countries and cultures. During the last decade, the private tutoring sector has grown substantially in both industrialized and less-developed countries. It now plays a major role in the acquisition of school-related knowledge by many young people, and has impacts on family household budgets and social stratification.

This International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) forum, cosponsored by OSI, aimed to identify best practices and propose proactive policy options in order to effectively respond to this phenomenon. The event gathered academics, education practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders, who analyzed the stakes and the challenges, and discussed key policy issues such as the impact of private tutoring on equity and quality, as well as technical matters such as planning, management, and monitoring. The discussions among policymakers, practitioners, researchers and other stakeholders will be published in a book in the first quarter of 2008.

Regular updates on this event will be available from IIEP’s website, at www.unesco.org/iiep/SEM279/polforum.htm.