COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL SECTORS: A CASE STUDY OF KARACHI-PAKISTAN

Abstract

Education is the most important factor for improving the personality of an individual. There are two main types of institutions in Pakistan: One is government and other is private school systems. Nowadays, many students in Karachi prefer to take admission in private schools due to their systematic academic curriculum, better education system and more recreational activities however their fee structure is expensive. The main objective of this research is to investigate why private school sectors’ results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) usually better than the government school sectors. SSC results of five private sector schools and five government sectors schools have been collected over the period of 2013-2017.We have found that performance of private schools is better than government schools. The department of education must apply significant strategies in public schools of Karachi to enhance their performance so that they could compete with private schools. However, education policies have only vision, which suggests strategies to increase literacy rate, capacity building and enhance facilities in government schools of Karachi, but all these intentions and commitments should be fulfilled on their merit