Comparing English Writing Skill between Public and Private Sector Schools Students at Secondary Level in Lower Dir

Abstract

This research article examines the issue of writing, appropriate words use in writing and translation skill at higher secondary level and it also highlights the difference in proficiency between public and private sector in English language writing skill. Writing skill is regarded the most difficult skill and proficiency in English language writing has long history for research around the world. The research collected data through written test and the obtained data was analyzed in MS EXCEL which was shown in tabulated form. Furthermore, regression models were developed to study the relationship between student’s marks and easy analysis, student’s marks and translation analysis plus student’s marks and pairs of word analysis. For the purpose, Sigma plot software was used for regression analysis in the study. The results show that public sector students made 66% errors while it was 52% for private sector students.