Abstract
Education is a sustained march of human society towards high pedestals of civilization, and determines true destiny of a nation, striving amid hard pursuits for survival. Education is of different types depending upon the needs and demands, and resources available in a country. Owing to meager resources, and, the growing demands for education, especially in the developing countries; the governments alone are unable to fulfill the educational needs of the whole population adequately. Therefore, the private sector has entered in the education sector to help achieve the national targets set in a country. Although, private schools were nationalized in 1972 in Pakistan, the subsequent National Education Policies adopted in 1979, 1992-2002 and 1998-2010 have provisions to involving private sector in the educational development and delivery system in the country. This paper describes the temporal expansion of private public schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan and evaluates the same in Peshawar, the capital city as a case study, in terms of selected variables vis a vis the existing education policy. Data for the study was obtained from field survey using questionnaires, EMIS office of the Education Department, KP, research reports, books and internet. The study shows mushrooming growth of private public schools and greater increase in number of students in the province in general, and Peshawar in particular during 1998-2010. Despite progressive contribution in education, a high proportion of private schools were found without the essential infrastructure for students’ entertainment and recreation. The policy imperatives provided to regulate activities and functioning of the private sector need urgent implementation to improve education quality and control the tendency of exploitation by the private education sector.
Dr. Zulfiqar Ali, Dr. Arshad Ali,, Fazal Ghani. (2010) Expansion of Private Public Schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Policy Imperatives: A Case Study of Peshawar, The Dialogue, Volume 5, Issue 4.
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