Every country in the world has its own, unique way or system of education that either addresses the current needs of their learners or is patterned from other nations by way of research and consortium programs. Whichever is applicable or beneficial, the only goal is to promote or implement quality education in order to be globally competitive and to have a stable human resource or workforce in the future.

There are generally two types of schools, and these are government or public schools and those that are owned by private individuals acting as the board of directors in a certain secondary or tertiary learning institution. Though there are a lot of identical objectives to be attained every school year, some, or if not, most school systems differ on a lot of aspects as to administration or supervision. This article seeks to explain and elaborate on these differences as it moves forward to its succeeding paragraphs.

Educational administration and supervision

The Department of Education or the Ministry of Education is the government agency that oversees both public and private schools. It is the Secretary of Education who acts as the head of the department along with the undersecretaries assigned to different committees for other educational program implementations. Public schools have superintendents and supervisors while private schools elect their board of trustees composing the President and Vice Presidents for Operations and Finance. Unlike government schools, parents can have a lower position in an association in private learning institutions.

Budget and Finance

Public schools in every country are given an educational annual budget for operations and other operating expenses. On the other hand, private schools rely on the tuition fees and other miscellaneous payments of their students for their own school operating expenses. Part or a portion of school fees are intended for the construction of school buildings and other facilities in the private schools while government schools have a separate agency budget for infrastructure and other learning needs like books and laboratory materials. Salary of public school teachers is taken from individual school budget while for private schools could be sourced out from school profit plus a portion of the government subsidy or support when applicable.

School buildings and classrooms

The construction of school buildings and classrooms in the public schools may sometimes have an understandable delay because of public bidding and budgetary regulations and approval. Private schools, however, have a greater amount of freedom in these efforts since money intended for such purposes are already available but is subject for project proposal and thorough deliberation by its board of trustees. In reality, the facade or design of buildings in government schools is closely identical, while private schools can have anything they want because of their aut