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The article elaborates on people’s perception regarding the importance of education. In doing so, it explores the role of schools and teachers, opinions about schooling system and the comparison between private and public schools. A total of 28 in depth interviews were conducted with key stakeholders students, parents and teachers. While in general parents and students value education but they showed little hope in the system. A comparison between private and public schools seemed inevitable and formed a major part of all the discussions.Blame attribution emerged asa prominent dimension;the children and parents blame schools and teachers over low quality of education while teachers view parents’lack of interest as a hindrance to effective education. To conclude, education is realized as a collective benefit for which collective effort is required.
Syed Murad Ali, Saadia Abid. (2021) Optimist about Education, Pessimist about Schools: People’s Perception Regarding the Schooling System, Sir Syed Journal of Education & Social Research (SJESR), Volume-04, Issue-2.
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