Africa/Global: Access to and privatisation of education

This document, a chapter of the International Youth Parliament's Youth Commission Report, considers the way that globalisation affects young people and their communities in the specific field of education. The processes of globalisation have both positive and negative effects on young people and their right to education, argues the document. Improvements in communication technology and educational delivery have the potential to improve the quality of education and make it increasingly accessible. However, the positive effects of globalisation are countered by the negative impacts of factors such as higher costs of provision, national budget misallocation, poor resource mobilisation, privatisation, international debt and economic instability.