Take education out of GATS", teachers urge
Because there are so many unanswered questions about the impact of GATS on
education, and because there is so much at stake, we believe all members
must adopt a precautionary approach. They must neither make nor seek any
commitments that constrain the rights of government to regulate education
.......
As the boundary between public and private education becomes increasingly
blurred in many countries, the danger is that commitments taken in private
education could easily expose the public system," explained Nxesi.
EI is also concerned about proposals for compulsory benchmarking and
plurilateral approaches to the services negotiations............ such
changes would put undue pressure on developing countries and coerce them
into making more extensive commitments in sensitive areas like education and
other public services..........
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