The post-secondary education services market plays an indispensable role in promoting sustainable economic growth. It facilitates the flow of critical information in a manner that leads to a more efficient allocation of scarce productive resources.
Based on the sharp increase in complaints during the period 2009 through 2011, relative to the preceding three year period, the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) suspects that a key structural feature of the post-secondary education market may be unduly impeding competition; thereby depriving Jamaica of the potential benefits of this market. The purpose of this study is to stimulate competition in this market by proposing measures to mitigate the adverse effects of impediments to competition.