This is a comparative study of public and private schools in the town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Worldwide the private sectors are more efficient and perform better than the public sector.Our education system is also suffering from this dilemma. The research paper highlights various  reasons why public schools lag behind private schools. The challenges that public school students and teachers face are also discussed here. Despite having more budget and salaries, why public schools can’t achieve the progress level of private schools? What efforts are the government putting to induce betterment in public institutes? Comparison from various aspects like teacher's behaviour, parent's interest, the financial status of the pupil, study hours, the role of extracurricular activities and the pupil's performance. The study aims to know why public schools lag behind private schools in performance.
What challenges do public schools faces which hinder them from achieving good results? To make the public schools aware of the efforts of the private sector. The private sector is making strategies to improve its performance. Despite having intelligent students, public schools cannot compete with private schools.