Educational Implications of Privatization Education: The Arab Schools in the Northern and Haifa Districts as a Mode

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the educational dimensions resulting from the privatization of education in Arab schools in the northern and Haifa districts. The researcher used the mixed descriptive approach that combines the quantitative and qualitative approaches. A questionnaire was applied to the study sample consisting of (933) teachers and parents, who were reached using the stratified random cluster method. (10) standardized individual interviews were also conducted with educational experts, who were reached intentionally. The results showed that the reality of the educational dimensions resulting from the privatization of Arab schools in the Haifa and northern districts from the point of view of teachers and guardians came at a high degree. Teachers and parents indicated that privatization of education leads to raising educational efficiency and quality of education, while educational experts confirmed that there is no difference in the quality of education between private schools and government schools, and that privatization of education leads to government schools losing their outstanding students. The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the level of teachers’ and parents’ ‎responses attributed to monthly income, educational level, and status, but they showed statistically significant ‎differences attributed to the professional status of the parents. The study recommended that the Ministry of ‎Education reconsider its policy of expanding private education, as the ‎results showed that there is no clear evidence ‎that private schools provide a quality of education that is superior to ‎that of government schools.