The Role of Public Private Partnership in Provision of Physical Facilities in Schools: A Sociological Study of District Bhakkar

This research makes a contribution to the ongoing debates about strong changes in the education system of developing countries to overcome the shortage of finance, infrastructure and managerial faults. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is the best solution in this respect. When the Government collaborates with other actors as the private sectors, civil social club, independent experts then it attains its responsibilities finer than doing all this individually, because PPPs can achieve the results by enhancing the potential and boosting up the availability of resources. The main objective of the study was to check the role of public-private partnership in provision of physical facilities in the schools running under Punjab Education Foundation in District Bhakkar. The field based, exploratory type of study was conducted in District Bhakka and was strengthened from data collection. Probability cluster sampling technique and a structured interview schedule was used as a tool for data collection. The findings of the study indicated that public-private partnership has an impact on qualification of teachers, infrastructure, facility of library, laboratory, class rooms, play ground, safety and security. This study highly recommends that the role of PPP should be examined at higher level and comparative studies between public and private schools should also be conducted to examine the strengths and weaknesses in both type of schools.