On Bridge & “Affordable” Private Education
Hi Godfrey
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“There is a lovely irony in your decrying an educational entity for being for-profit, then ending your piece with “I talk for money.”
I could have put “I talk to feed my family” but that just seemed a bit emotive, however I think most of us work for money and I put that there because unfortunately I’m unable to speak at conferences, sharing knowledge and research that I’ve personally invested in obtaining, for free and I don’t receive a university salary or other bursary.
No irony bells here I believe but nice shot ;)
“natural resource exploitation or technology businesses with sophisticated taxation arrangements.”
I’m curious to learn how you might describe the taxation arrangements of corporations lead by Zuckerberg, Gates, et al., let alone the corporate taxation arrangements of foreign corporations trading on African soil?
“If the primary purpose of education is to prepare children to thrive in their future, why is it entrusted to institutions so intrenchably rooted in the past? If it truly has the interests of children at heart, education should be the most aggressively future-focused of all sectors. Tragically, it is the opposite.”
Good question! And for the simple reason that the status quo, i.e. the multi-national $multi-billion text book and measurement industry that controls the education industry and its institutions, hasn’t been disrupted and continues to be reinforced despite overwhelming evidence that their approach has long past its sell-by date.
The challenge is that those who have and continue to benefit from the status quo aren’t motivated to change it
Many thanks thanks for your feedback, I think we’re in broad agreement!
