THE IMPACT OF PRIVATE SCHOOL EDUCATION ON SOCIETY
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Date
2016
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University of Management and Technology
Abstract
Private school education is one of the most modern issues presently being debated in the
education system of Pakistan. In 1947 when Pakistan got independence the Government
established public schools, colleges and universities all over the country where education
was provided freely, but due to lack of funding, poor supervision and low standard
curriculum, schools could not be maintained properly and effectively, especially, after the
1972 nationalization policy. In this situation private sector promoted the education and
contributed to the GDP of the country. The aim of this research was to provide
fundamental background, assumptions and concepts related to the topic. In Pakistan,
near about one third of all students attend private schools, but these school were from
different categories and all of them had different agendas thus operated through their own
philosophy. Thus, before collecting data the researcher categorized the schools in four
types according to their fee structure and curriculum design.
The present research was conducted to identify those specific factors of the
private schools which play a dominant role in education. This research designed to
explore the impact (whether positive or negative) of private school education on society
through 5 dimensions stated as main objectives of this research,
Provision of quality of education, (2) Elevating socio economic status, (3) Holistic
personality development of students, (4) Creating awareness of social rights and
responsibilities through citizenship education, and (5) Causing families’ migration to big
cities and thus changing the structure of urban life.
Data was collected quantitatively through a survey questionnaire. The parents of
four urban towns of Lahore city were the population of this research. By the use of snow
ball sampling, parents whose children studying in these four types of schools were
targeted. After collecting data, descriptive and inferential analysis techniques were
applied to determine relationships among the above motioned factors.
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Seema Arif
Keywords
Private school education, quality education, holistic personality development, citizenship education, fee structure in private schools, families’ mobility to urban cities., M.phil