A Comparitive Study of Errors in L2 Writing at Matriculation Level in Public and Private Schools in District Vehari-Pakistan

The objectives of this research paper were to analyze English writing skill of the students of Public and Private schools and compare their performance. For this purpose, we took a sample of 200 students, 100 each from eight different Public and Private Schools of District Vehari, Pakistan. An essay writing test was conducted to determine the students of which school systems commit more errors. The results of test show that students of Private Schools committed total 245 errors as compared to the students of Public Schools who committed 504 errors. Public Schools' learners committed 51 percent more errors than Private schools' learners. Thus, we can conclude that the performance of the students of Private Schools is far better than the students of Public Schools.