To Evaluate Preference of Parents Sending their Children to Public or Private Schools in District Karak

Oct 15, 2026

The study evaluated parents’ preferences for sending children to public versus private schools in District Karak. It examined perceived academic standards, staff quality, physical facilities, curriculum, cost-effectiveness, and output quality. A questionnaire was administered to 900 parents (300 from each tehsil). Content validity relied on experts’ judgment, and reliability used Cronbach Alpha (0.75). Chi-square analysis compared views across Public, Private, and Don’t know categories.

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To Evaluate Preference of Parents Sending their Children to Public or Private Schools in District Karak * ** Shafqat Ullah and Iffat Ara Hussain Abstract The study focused on evaluating preference of parents sending their children to public or private schools in District Karak. Objective of the study was to find out parental preference for the areas of academic standard, quality of staff, physical facilities, curriculum, cost-effectiveness, and quality of output. All the parents whose children were studying in private or public schools in District Karak were included in the population. There are three tehsils in District Karak. A total of 900 parents (300 from each tehsil) were included in the sample. Data was collected through a selfdeveloped questionnaire. Content validity of the questionnaire was obtained through experts’judgement and reliability through Cronbach Alpha formula which was 0.75. The data was obtained in three categories, Public School, Private School, Don’t know and was analyzed through statistical technique of Chi-square. Findings of the study were: parents of public schools’ children favored public schools whereas parents of private schools’ children favored private schools for areas of academic performance, quality of staff, commitment of staff, standard of curriculum, and confidence level of students; parents of both public and private schools’ children favored public schools for teachers qualification, and physical facilities; parents of both public and private schools’ children favored private schools for the area of expensiveness of education. Recommendations of the study were: the government may prepare fee and admission policy, and availability of physical facilities in private schools; the government may provide financial assistance to private schools for monthly salaries to teachers; modalities may be prepared to make teachers of public schools more punctual and regular. Keywords: Public schools, private schools, parents’ preference * Ph.D. Scholar, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar. Email: [qushafqat@gmail.com](qushafqat@gmail.com) ** Professor, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar. Introduction There is a continuous trend of losing trust in public sector educational institutions by the public whether these institutions are of primary, secondary or higher level. At present education faces multi-dimensional challenges. These challenges range from poor management of allocating finances to declining output in the field of academic. The parents are really worried about the education of their children. They feel that educational institutions, as a whole, have ignored the basic responsibilities of schooling (Ajayi, 2000) . In these circumstances the education system has come to the level of collapse. Avery poor infrastructure of education exists everywhere and the overall standard of educational facilities available in different institutions is generally un-satisfactory. The infrastructure of schools is poor, equipment is outdated, vehicles are un-serviceable, classrooms are overcrowded, man-power inadequate, academic calendar unstable and morale of the staff is low. All these factors present bleak picture of the situation (Okafor, Ogbe, Iheagwam, & Betiang, 2003) . The condition of the existing infrastructure of public educational institutions is very poor. Half-hearted efforts are being made for the improvement of this situation. It is obvious that parents are worried about the education of their children. They try to find out educational institution which may provide quality education to their children at whatever cost it may be? People feel that the standard of education generally determines success and failure in their lives. The opportunities in life of individual also depend on the quality of education which he has received. Therefore, parents are really worried and have a dream to provide quality education

FAQs

What was the study’s main objective in District Karak?

The study evaluated parents’ preference for sending children to public or private schools in District Karak, focusing on academic standard, staff quality, physical facilities, curriculum, cost-effectiveness, and quality of output.

How many parents participated, and how was data collected?

A total of 900 parents were included in the sample (300 from each tehsil). Data were collected using a self-developed questionnaire.

Which aspects did parents prefer for public and private schools?

Parents of public school children preferred public schools for academic performance, staff quality and commitment, curriculum standard, and students’ confidence, while parents of private school children favored private schools for these aspects. For teachers’ qualification and physical facilities, both groups favored public schools, and both groups favored private schools for education expensiveness.

Oct 15, 2026

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