A Comparative Study of Teachers’ Perspectives about Commercialization of Education at Elementary Level in Punjab

Abstract

There is a rapid increase in demand for education across the country. Consequently, the trend of educating children in private sector schools is expanding. This article provides an overview of the teachers of private and public schools regarding commercialization of education at elementary level. A self-developed questionnaire was followed for data collection. No significant difference was found in the perceptions of both sectors teachers regarding positive attitude of parents towards private sector, high socio economic status of private sector students and low and high emphasis of commercialization of education in rural and urban areas respectively. Public school teachers views for acceptability of fee structure and promotion of quality of education for commercialization of education are significantly more positive than private school teachers. It is recommended that government should develop proper mechanism to regulate the private sector in the area of fee structure, overall quality of education and affordable for everyone.

Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions about Stakeholders’ Attitude towards Non-assessed Subjects by Punjab Examination Commission

“…The PEC exams moderate the positive attitude of the stakeholder's attitude towards non assessed subjects (Masood & Hameed, 2018). The finding was reliable with results from the research study conducted by (Hyder, Arshad & Baig, 2019), who acknowledged that stakeholders attitude towards non-assessed subjects is not serious. It means all the stakeholders only focus on the subjects, which are assessed by the PEC otherwise they don't give proper attention to the subjects which are not assessed by the PEC (Clarke, Li, Abrams, Rhoades & Shore , 2003).…”