Abstract:

Emerging market countries, especially Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa, have vigorously promoted education governance, but they have fallen into difficulties, which are reflected in aspects of “education decentralization”, “public-private cooperation”, and “national regulation”. The factors that lead to the dilemma vary from country to country, but the following three points are in common: First, the relationship between the rights and responsibilities of multiple stakeholders is not clarified. Second, the relationship between ensuring public interests and improving market benefits is not properly handled. Third, constrained by the conflict between bureaucratic traditions and cooperation mechanisms. In order to solve the dilemma of education governance, the four countries have made meaningful attempts, which include improving the “autonomy” mechanism to stimulate the vitality of school development; optimizing the “co-governance” structure and building a public-private cooperation order; promoting “rule of law” and “good governance” to ensure the public welfare of education. Reflecting on the education governance experience of these four countries is beneficial to my country’s promotion of educational governance in the new era.

Key words: BRICS, education governance, difficulties of education governance, solution