Comparative Study of Public and Private Educational Institutes towards the Recruitment, Retention and Reward of Their Teachers

Abstract

The basic purpose of this study was to analyze comparatively the process of recruitment, retention and rewards system for teacher in both public and private secondary schools in Islamabad. The present study was a survey design research. 25 public and private schools of Islamabad City were taken as sample. The researcher used convenient sampling technique. The respondents were the heads of the public and private schools, so data from 25 heads was collected through questionnaire. There were four sections of the questionnaire i.e.  Demographic (3-factors), recruitment (4-questions), retention (4-questions) and rewards (5-questions). Heads responded to the items on five point Likert scale ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree”. The main findings of this study; the process of recruitment based on advertisement and  personal reference in both public and private sectors of Islamabad because recruitment policies was effected by international policies and both permanent and temporary recruitment based on professional abilities of the teachers. The basic reason of leaving of teachers was that when they are unhappy in their current position. Teachers were motivate through their profession when they feel respect, importance and opportunity for promotion. The promotion criteria for teachers based on seniority and the expectations of heads increased from those teachers who were responsible and innovative in their profession. The mean of male & female heads and public and private heads have no significant mean difference towards recruitment, retention and the reward system for teacher.

Keywords: Recruitment, Retention, Reward System