Comparison Between the Academic Performance of Public and Private Schools’ Male Students on the Basis of Regularity, Discipline, Punctuality and Environment at Secondary School Level in District Lakki Marwat

Abstract

It is essentialto maintain regularity, discipline, punctuality and proper environment within the school to show better academic achievement at Secondary School level. The main objective of the study was to determine comparison between the academic performance of Public and Private Schools’ male students on the basis of regularity, discipline, punctuality and environment at Secondary School level in District Lakki Marwat. The population of the study consisted of all male students at Secondary school level in District Lakki Marwat. Simple random sample technique was used for taking data from respondents. The population was divided into two strata i.e. rural and urban. Two hundred respondents were taken as sample from 10 Boys Secondary Schools in District Lakki Marwat in which 100 respondents were selected from each stratum respectively. Data was collected by using five points Likert scale of options ‘Strongly Disagree (SDA)’, ‘Disagree (DA)’, ‘Undecided (UD)’, ‘Agree (A)’ and ‘Strongly Agree (SA)’ carrying values 5,4,3,2 and I respectively. The collected data was analyzed through Mean score by using SPSS (version 16.0). The study was delimited to Secondary Schools male students only. Major findings and results of the research study showed that Private Schools’ male students’ show better academic performance than Public Schools’ students. For better improvement, some recommendations were also given.

Keywords: Academic Performance, Public as well asPrivate Schools’Students, Regularity, Discipline, Punctuality and School Environment.