LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 5 May 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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A Comparative Study on the Availability of Physical Facilities in
Public and Private Sector Schools of Islamabad

Ghazala Shaheen, Ph.D., Sajid Rehman, Ph.D.,
Aijaz Ahmed Gujjar, Ph.D. Candidate, Naeemullah Bajwa, Ph.D. and
Umbreen Ishfaq, Ph.D.

Abstract

This study was designed to compare the availability of physical facilities in public and private sector secondary schools of Islamabad. All the heads of institutions and teachers of secondary schools in Islamabad constituted the population of the study. Sixty heads of institutions, one from each institution (30 public and 30 private sector schools) and 300 teachers, five form each secondary school (150 public sector and 150 private sector) from sixty institutions (30 public and 30 private sector) were selected as a sample of the study. Two questionnaires (one each for heads of institutions and other for teachers) were developed and validated through pilot testing and administered to the sample for collection of data. Researcher personally visited respondents and thus 100% data were collected. Collected data were tabulated and analyzed by using chi square.

Introduction

Both public and private secondary schools are imparting education. Now the ratio of private sector in education is increasing day by day. The government is also encouraging private sector to lesson its responsibilities due to limited resources. Government provides resources and facilities to public sector secondary schools while private sector institutions generate resources themselves. The present study is aimed to provide a comparison of resources and facilities in both public and private secondary schools.

Private sector plays an important role in the development of education in a country. It helps both in qualitative improvement and quantitative expansion. Private sector bears a good deal of burden of expenditure on this important social cause even in the most advanced countries.

The Need for Private Sector Schools

In a country like Pakistan where the population growth rate is 3% annually and only about 50% of the existing primary group children are in schools, the support of private sector is most needed to share this huge burden. Government alone cannot build and run all schools required for this purpose (Govt. of Pakistan, 1979 p.23).

Shami and Hussain (2005) observed in their study that availability of physical facilities in a school had a significant impact on student performance. The availability of drinking water, electricity, boundary wall, toilets, furniture, playground and dispensary were determining factors and had positive impact on student's performance.

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Dr Ghazala Shaheen
Assistant Professor
Department of Management Sciences
Federal Urdu University Arts, science and Technology
Islamabad
drghazalashaheen@fuuastisb.edu.pk

Dr Sajid Rehman
Education Department
Govt of Punjab
Rawalpindi
drsajid_rehman@yahoo.com

Aijaz Ahmed Gujjar
Lecturer, Federal College of Education
H-9, Islamabad
Pakistan
Seek_to_learn@
yahoo.com

Dr. Naeemullah Bajwa
Assistant Professor
National Institute of Science and Technology
H-8, Islamabad
Pakistan
BecPakistan@gmail.com

Dr. Umbreen Ishfaq
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Hazara University Mansehra
Pakistan
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