A Critical Study Based on Achievement between Public and Private Secondary Schools in Tehsil Lal Qilla District Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

The present study was conducted to compare the achievement based performance of the public and private secondary schools on different variables such as leader’s leadership styles, management practices and physical facilities provided in these schools. Two public and two private secondary schools were selected as case study from Tehsil Lal Qilla on the basis of convenience and accessibility. The stakeholder’s views approach was adopted for case study. The secondary school principals, teachers, students of 9th and 10th classes and their parents were identified as stakeholders of these schools. Interview protocol for each stakeholder, observation and document analysis were used as instruments of data collection. In this way interviews were conducted for these cases including interviews from public and private secondary schools. The school management/leadership, practices of heads, implementation of departmental policies, teaching learning environment and discipline in schools, lesson planning, available facilities, co-curricular activities and future developmental plans etc. were explored in different interview protocols from each stakeholder. Data was analyzed by using qualitative analysis methods. It was found that, the public schools have better facilities, spacious buildings, highly qualified staff and people oriented management styles as compared to private schools. The heads and teachers of private schools desired to shift in public schools. It is recommended that Government should bound the private sector to provide infrastructure and facilities to the students similar to the public schools.