Comparative analysis of the performance of government and private primary schools in Uganda (2016)

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study was undertaken with the aim of comparing the performance of public and private primary schools as regards given indicators i.e. pupil teacher ratio, pupil classroom ratio, academic performance and enrollment rates. The De Morgan’s Table was used for sample size determination to determine the number of districts to consider from the total population of 112 districts across the country. Stratified Systematic Random Sampling was used to select the particular districts to be considered in the sample size of 86 districts across the different sub regions in Uganda. The study used secondary data which was collected from Education Statistical Abstract (2016) and UNEB (2016) results. The t-test was used to do a comparative analysis of the public and private. The results from the study revealed that there was a significant difference between the private and public schools with public schools having higher enrollment rates, pupil teacher ratios and pupil classroom ratios than private schools. Private schools however have higher academic performance than public schools. The study recommends that public schools enroll the number of students that the facilities they own can effectively accommodate and that government should construct more schools so as to decongest the available public schools. The researcher has identified a comparative analysis of the private and public school’s library facilities as an area of further study