One of the factors that has attributed to the growth of the APS market is that poor parents want their children to speak English. They believe that English fluency offers increased opportunities through better job prospects and higher paying positions. The majority of APS schools are English medium, aligning their offering to parent’s demand.

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Under our transparency effort, we hope to develop a rating system to help school managers, parents, regulators and investors better assess the quality of education these schools are offering. GMC has engaged Micro-Credit Rating International Limited (M-Cril, www.m-cril.com), pioneers of the microfinance rating industry.

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Education organizations, donors and even investors are beginning to take notice of this emerging sector and looking for ways to support its development. For all of its potential, however, there is still a dearth of information about the Affordable Private School (APS) sector.

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