Schools are buildings that are made up of thousands of hopes. From them emerge doctors, lecturers, authors, and many more. From my point of view any place where the learning process takes place can be called a school. But when we read the word school, we imagine two types of schools: government schools and private schools. Both deal with the same thing but most of us think differently about them. If we look around, we will find empty classes inside government schools but if we take a look at private schools, there is probably no space left for more students.
When people hear the word “GS”, they start saying that govt schools lack hygiene, have the worst infrastructure, unskilled or uneducated teaching faculty, but what they say about private schools is totally different. Students of private schools are considered as rich and the students of government schools are taken to be poor. Instead of learning unity, students now learn to judge even before getting admission in school. The government is spending way too much money on its schools and is strict with the teaching staff but most of the people don’t know this. I know this because I have spent 11 years in govt schools and some months in a private school.
I am still in a government school. It’s not that I cannot afford private ones; it’s just a matter of quality. Both types of schools provide quality education but government schools provide the best one. That’s my feedback. Now the question that arises is, if government schools have better quality of education, then why are their classrooms getting empty?
There are many answers to that question but I will mention some of them. First of all I will not hesitate in mentioning that the teachers are the main culprits behind the emptiness of classrooms because most government teachers don’t teach their own children in the school they are working in, which clearly shows that the teacher has doubts if he or she can teach his own children well. Taking that into consideration, parents also admit their wards in private schools. Another reason is the rise of jealousy among parents. When a mother of a kid watches other kids going to schools that take a high admission fee, then a spark of jealousy arises as she thinks that “why will my son/daughter go to cheap government schools?” And then she forces her husband to enrol their children in the same expensive schools.
Government schools aren’t cheap; they just provide an opportunity to let everyone get knowledge. They try to bridge the divisions based on rich and poor. Jealousy ruins every single thing and jealousy among parents will ruin the future of children.
Infrastructure and good teaching faculty is the first priority of government schools. To get the job of government teacher, a person has to do a lot of hard work and has to study whole day and night for it. Still, we stereotype government teachers as lacking in ability. As I have spent 11 years in government schools I haven’t faced any problem to be honest. I have enjoyed and I have learned a lot. Yes, there may be certain reasons for hating such schools but overall I would like to rate 10 out of 10 to government schools. I got a lot of help from these schools; before I was not even able to read a single word and writing was a challenge for me but Alhumdulilah I came under the guidance of best teachers and now I’m one of the youngest writers of district Ganderbal. I’m just saying what I have felt during these 11 years of my life.
Talking in favour of private schools, I have spent only a few months in one of the recognized private schools so I am able to write about only a few advantages of it. In this school co-curricular activities were conducted on a daily basis, regular exercise and dieting was important – that’s what government schools lack. Besides this, parents’ meeting with the principal was conducted every month and attendance of every student was kept in front of parents. This is the thing I never saw in government schools. In a nutshell, students’ every action was being monitored.
But this doesn’t mean government schools are careless. There may be some teachers who shame the whole teachers’ community by their actions (I have even noticed teachers smoking in front of school students). Some teachers yell at students for no reason, some teachers take bribes, but because of some black sheep the whole community should not be stereotyped. Moreover, nowadays there is a competition between private and government schools where we can see government schools outshining private schools as they are now focused on good quality education. In conclusion, I want to request everyone that if you don’t want to admit your children in a government school, then please do not spread false information about them. They are trying their best to eliminate illiteracy and educate the young.
Let us, too, help and support our society.

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Mahfooz Ahmad Bakshi