Stakeholder engagement sub-theme relates to the service provider engagement conducted by the PPP consortium at various project phases.
The non-involvement of principals during pre and post school design and construction phases emerged as the key issue in this sub-theme. It was noted that often the principals that were consulted during the design phase were not the same that were appointed to manage the school at operations. Similarly, in some jurisdictions, the principals were appointed only six months ahead of school opening. This has a potential to create conflict during operational phase due to the differences in teaching methodologies of the principal consulted during design phase and the principal that is appointed at school opening.
It was also noted that in some PPP schools, principals were not kept engaged and informed of on-going maintenance activities for their facilities. This may inadvertently hinder delivery of core services (education) by the schools.
The percentage of negative issues raised here were much higher than the percentage of positive comments received for this sub-theme.