The Development of EDUCO as Government Policy

Abstract

In this chapter, I detail the dynamics of the process by which the Education with Community Participation (EDUCO) program entered government policy. I also explain the ways in which transnational influence impacted this process. In so doing, I provide insights that correspond to the purpose of this study. As will be shown, the overall process can be subdivided into multiple stages which span 1988–1995. Various forms of World Bank influence are addressed in detail. The process of policy formation can be said to culminate with the inclusion of EDUCO in the Ten Year Plan, which was finalized in November 1995. Per the definition provided in Chap. 1 for international processes of education policy formation, I present findings in this chapter up to the point at which the Ten Year Plan was produced, since this is the point at which EDUCO entered the government’s official reform strategy.