Education is an important
determinant of Economic and social development of a nation. Quality of education
in a country indicates the Quality of its human resource. Expenditure on
Education is considered as an investment in human resource enrichment. The
developed countries spend a lot of money for the provision of education to their
people while developing countries also spend money according to their resources
to provide education free or at minimal cost to their citizens. Across the
developing countries public schools enroll approximately 90 percent of all
primary and 70 % of all secondary students..
The Public sector alone especially in developing countries cannot meet the needs
of quality education for rapidly growing population.Government alone can’t
fulfill the responsibility to provide education to fast growing population. So
private sector has to share this burden.Therefore, both the public and private
sectors are engaged in providing education to the masses.
All the types of educational institutions continued functioning after creation
of Pakistan At that time, private sector had an important role in providing
education through schools. Private schools were managed either by societies
motivated by the cause of promoting education or by individuals making their
living through running education institutions. Most of these institutions were
operated at the school and college levels.
Such institutions were managed by voluntary organizations and, apart from
generating their own funds through fees/ attached property and donations, the
institutions also received aid from the government. Some private
educational institutions earned a high reputation for the academic
standards they maintained and for the quality of their instruction.
References:
Ministry of Education: Academy of Educational Planning and Management.
Government of Pakistan. (2009).
Educational Policy. Islamabad: Ministry
of Education.