Education is one of the most
important things because it can help open doors of opportunity. That is why the
choice of school becomes important as school is the place of education. Parents
have to decide which school is best for their children and which school will
provide their children a best possible future. For decades, more and more
parents have been flocking to private school based on the assumption that
private school can produce better grades and test scores than public school.
The table above is the statistics
related to the size of school systems. From these statistics, we can see the
number of independent school has increased since 1984. Full time school
students enrolled in non-government school also increased by 7%.
One of the major differences between
public school and private school is funding. The public school was fund by
government and run by the department of education. However, private schools are
very diverse in the way they run and received money from student tuition fees.
As the result of funding, students from private school have more access to
technology, books and advanced facilities for their education. On the other
hand, class size is also different between the public and the private school. A
private school has smaller class size as the majority of the students attends
public school. Therefore, students will have more one-on-one time with their
teacher.
The private school student may benefit
from better school facilities and more “one-on-one” time with their teacher. Study
in the private school also cost expensive tuition fees that most of the family
couldn’t afford. According to the news in The Sydney Morning Herald, “children
who attend private primary schools don’t perform any better in NAPLAN tests
than their peers at public school”. NAPLAN test scores of students from the private
schools did not have statistically difference in academic achievement with
students from public schools. The school facilities and teaching quality are
just some measurement of school performance. It’s not indicative of the overall
value of the school performance and the experience for students and parents.
According to Black, “Parental
engagement in school is associated with better student achievement and
retention and greater take-up of further and higher education.”
Parental engagement is also a measurement of school performance. Students with
parents involved in their learning are often the students who succeed in
school. “Researchers also found, children whose parents had
completed year 12 had significantly higher test scores across all subjects.
Students whose mothers worked long hours did worse in all tests, except
numeracy”. (The Sydney morning Herald, 2013).
In my point of view,
public school and private school are both educational institution. Their goals
are to teach and develop the student’s ability and skills in different aspects.
Private schools may be more aware of the student’s university preparation than
public school. However, public school offers the variety of VET course to
choose such as hospitality, engineering studies, retail services and
construction. More than 50 per cent of the student didn't attend the university
after they graduate from high school and there is always many path ways to go
to university or college. Study a VET course in high school can provide
students with a head start in their chosen career and enable students to
gaining a training qualification. I was graduated from public school and I feel
that the diversity of public school have made me better adapted for the real
world.
Reference:
Black, R
&Morgan, S. (2008) Networks for Students. In: Black, R &Morgan, S. Beyond
the Classroom: Building New School Networks. (pp. 33-51)Camberwell, Vic.
Connell, R, Campbell
C., et al. (2007) Public and
private schools. Education, Change and Society. (pp.221-225) Melbourne,.
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