Public school vs. Private school

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Private schools vs public schools

Introduction

The controversy related to private schools vs public schools has developed over the years . Several arguments have been forwarded from the proponents of both view points and have eulogized the one stream of schools over the other . Private schools are generally regarded a better option for educating the children if one has the resources . Private schools are able to execute more effective and efficient educational policies and programs and can take on better teachers owing

to strong financial backup that itself is generated through heavy students tuitions . In contrast to private schools , public schools are funded by government treasury and have little sources to finance the more modern and effective education policies and methodologies . This will analyze the pros and cons of both streams of schools systems

Private Schools

Less-population-More Concentration

The most important aspects of private school as compared with public schools is the strength of the students at class and school level Private schools have smaller number of students as mainstream students attend the local public schools . National Center for Education Statistics says in this regards As reported by teachers in 1999-2000 average class size for self-contained classes tended to be somewhat larger in traditional public and public charter elementary schools than in private elementary schools (NCES ) According to a web site called Public School Review "Private schools average 13 students per teacher compared with an average of 16 students per teacher in public schools (publicschoolreview . So public schools are more crowded as compared with private schools . This strength ratio clearly manifests that in private schools more attentions and concentration can be given to individual students . This one to one attention remains a hallmark of the private schools

Higher education Focused Courses and Programs

The second most important strength of the private schools is that it offers supplementary enhanced and higher education focused lessons and courses and their objective remains to polish their students to join an institute of higher education . NCES ' study shows in this regard

At least 40 percent of elementary schools in all sectors reported offering students extended , before-school , or after-school daycare programs . Private and public charter elementary schools were the most likely to offer such programs . An estimated 65 .1 percent of private schools and 62 .9 percent of public charter schools offered such programs , compared with 46 .5 percent of traditional public elementary schools (NCES

In comparison with private schools , public schools seem working on the conventional philosophy that each student is unique and college education does not suit everyone and hence no one should be forced to go ahead with higher education and they should be allowed and encouraged to choose and carve their own future paths

Courses

Public schools offer general programs whereas private schools offer specialized programs for students that can enable them to take specialized courses at college and university level . In public schools the education of the students is pre-decided by the state what...