A Comparative Study of Public and Private Sector Education at Secondary School Level

Abstract

The focus of this study was to compare the quality of education in public and private schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. The main objective of this research study was to conduct a comparative study of the quality of education in public and private secondary schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The study used quantitative research design. Further the population of the study was comprised of all public and private secondary schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which was delimited to three districts that is District Swat, Buner and Shangla where the total number of the population was 911 teachers. The sample was consisted of total six hundred and two (602) participants taken from both public and private schools (285 participants from public sector and 317 participants from private sector) through stratified random sampling techniques. The collected data were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted by using t-test. From the analysis of the study, it was found that the private schools having young and energetic qualified staff, and good academic management as compared to public sector schools. Furthermore, private schools have more qualified staff as compared to public schools. It was also found that public schools had better physical facilities as compared to private schools. With regards to job satisfaction, it was found that government school teachers were very much satisfied with their job as compared to private school teachers.

      Keywords: public, private schools, quality education, teacher, secondary schools