Quality of education in private schools is better than government schools
LAHORE: The quality of education in private schools is better than government schools, but in terms of extra-curricular, particularly sports activities, government schools do much better than private schools. Over the past decade, the concept of purpose-built campuses for schools and educational institutions has almost lost its purpose. Though many schools charge additional hefty amounts for extra-curricular activities, they provide none of such activities on their campuses. On the other hand, numerous private schools across the country are run in residential bungalows. As a result, sports activities in schools have now been confined to be held once in a year in the name of ‘Annual Sports Day’, which is mostly organised at some public ground or a sports complex.
As the cost of quality education has comparatively increased manifold over the years, the quality of infrastructure facilities in schools has declined drastically. Further, since many educational institutions now operate in residential areas, it leads to traffic load and parking issues during school hours, causing problems for the residents of the area. Since renowned schools have branches across the country usually have the necessary backing from government officials, the ministry concerned or the provincial education departments are unable to take action against them.
The Private Schools’ Management Association actively negotiates with the government for an increase in tuition fee charged by the private schools as their due right, yet it does not work to implement regulation for these schools to ensure that minimum facilities for physical and sports activities are provided on the school premises.
Junaid Ahmed
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2017.
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