... Economics Are education and efficiency antithetical? Are they in direct and unequivocal opposition? Does the pursuit of efficiency in education inevitably put the schools on a slippery slope, sliding or even plunging headlong toward misguided mechanistic practices and measurement attempts that distort...

... the military government introduced economic competition in the education system, hoping to increase the quality of education in spite of projected further cuts in public resources for education. The swift implementation of the market model in education was soon affected by unforeseen constraints and effects...