Public-private partnership practices to transform textbook publishing and distribution: Nepal’s experience for quality education

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Studying public-private partnership practices in textbook publishing and distribution in Nepal offers insights into effective strategies for improving education quality through collaboration between government and private sectors. The objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in enhancing education quality through improved textbook publishing and distribution mechanisms. The methodology employed in this study integrates descriptive and explanatory research approaches. It utilizes a structured questionnaire comprising 40 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale to evaluate different dimensions of PPPs concerning school textbook publication and distribution in Nepal. In this study, representatives from private organizations involved in textbook publishing and distribution in Nepal were interviewed. Sampling is conducted through random selection from a pool of 390 private organizations, aiming to ensure representation across various sectors. The model developed from this analysis had a strong explanatory power, with the identified independent variables explaining up to 48% of the variability in improving education quality through PPPs. The study concludes that emphasizing transparency, accountability, and effective communication within public-private partnerships significantly contributes to enhancing education quality through improved textbook publishing and distribution mechanisms, supported by strong correlations between these factors and overall education quality, as revealed by advanced statistical methods.

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    • Table 1. Factor analysis-principal component analysis, Varimax component rotation
    • Table 2. Demographic characteristics of the respondents
    • Table 3. Status of dimensions of public-private partnership
    • Table 4. Descriptive statistics of respondents’ versions of public-private partnerships to improve textbook publishing and distribution mechanisms and the overall quality of education
    • Table 5. Correlation analysis of public-private partnership dimensions
    • Table 6. SPSS output of regression analysis: R2 of model and regression coefficient
    • Conceptualization
      Bisna Acharya, Khom Raj Kharel, Achyut Gnawali, Gangaram Biswakarma
    • Data curation
      Bisna Acharya, Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, Gangaram Biswakarma
    • Formal Analysis
      Bisna Acharya, Khom Raj Kharel, Achyut Gnawali, Gangaram Biswakarma
    • Funding acquisition
      Bisna Acharya, Khom Raj Kharel, Yadav Mani Upadhyaya
    • Investigation
      Bisna Acharya, Khom Raj Kharel, Achyut Gnawali, Gangaram Biswakarma
    • Methodology
      Bisna Acharya, Khom Raj Kharel, Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, Achyut Gnawali
    • Project administration
      Bisna Acharya, Khom Raj Kharel, Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, Achyut Gnawali
    • Supervision
      Bisna Acharya, Khom Raj Kharel, Achyut Gnawali
    • Visualization
      Bisna Acharya, Yadav Mani Upadhyaya
    • Writing – original draft
      Bisna Acharya, Khom Raj Kharel, Achyut Gnawali, Gangaram Biswakarma
    • Resources
      Khom Raj Kharel, Yadav Mani Upadhyaya
    • Validation
      Khom Raj Kharel, Achyut Gnawali
    • Writing – review & editing
      Khom Raj Kharel, Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, Achyut Gnawali, Gangaram Biswakarma
    • Software
      Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, Achyut Gnawali, Gangaram Biswakarma