Sillimanian Student Performance

The Academic Performance of Sillimanian Students Who Graduated High School from Private and Public Schools

Every now and then, in many countries, it has been debated if a type of school is a significant factor affecting the academic performance of the students. A lot of controversy has been raised over public schooling versus private schooling. The issue between private and public schools has been existing since then. People have been considering it as a huge matter in going to college. Private education is often associated with a higher status in the society and tuition, while the public or the government ruled education is often considered as the education for everyone. An analysis of the research on the subject reveals that students coming

Many of the ways in which private and public schools differ reflect differences in their student populations. Students bring with them to school certain background characteristics such as their racial/ethnic and linguistic backgrounds and, sometimes, personal or family problems that affect their ability to learn. Teachers and administrators take these characteristics into account as they organize and manage their schools and plan and implement curriculum and support services. Thus, to the extent that public and private school students differ, one can expect public and private schools to differ as well. Other student characteristics, such as attitudes toward learning and behavior toward teachers, are also taken into account; however, because these are determined by the school environment as well as students’ backgrounds, they are discussed below in the section on school climate (nces.ed.gov, p. 7). Private schools, also known as the non-governmental or the independent schools are not administered by the government. It differs from the public schools where it is organized and handled by the government to make the tuition for everyone free. Normally a private school charge tuition and don 't depend funds from the government. Public schools are not charging tuition, they sometimes ask other fees such as: materials, textbook, and etc. The two types of school sometimes also

In an interview conducted, according to Mr. Michael A. Patron, an Office Management Instructor from the College of Business Administration in Silliman University that majority from the students coming from private high schools more excel in college because when they are still in high school, private schools like Silliman University High School for example trained their students well. Private schools have a lot of funds and money to sustain the needs of students and to make programs for the students possible. Yet, in an interview conducted, Mrs. Jocelyn B. Dizon a teacher III in the Negros Oriental High School tells that, it still depend on the students and the teachers. There are also public schools who have all the facilities while others don’t have. Even in private schools, other might also have not. She stated NOHS as an example. Even Negros Oriental High School lack in facilities, they still make sure to provide the needs of their students. She added, ‘’that comes the creativity and talents of the teachers. The patience of the teacher in making the visual aids and many more.” (Arum, 2010) “In states, private schools, and private school students have improved educational outcomes.” These means that private schools are really more equipped with materials, resources, and programs for the learning process of their