The current study provides a comparison of techniques and material used for the teaching of English in government and private schools. The study adopted quantitative research design to gather and analyze data from the participants. A self-report questionnaire and an observation sheet was designed which was based on close-ended was used. The study was descriptive in nature and survey technique was used to collect the data. The population of the study consisted of all public and private secondary schools of the province of Punjab. It was not feasible for the researchers to include all the public and private secondary schools of the Punjab. Therefore, convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. Total sample size was 80 teachers from which 40 were taken from public primary schools and 40 were taken from private schools. As the focus of the study was to have a brief comparison of the teaching techniques and the teaching material of English being taught in the public and private schools, it is revealed that the conventional style and methodology for teaching of English is still prevailing in the public schools. For sure, the degree of level has decreased much now after the induction new teachers after revised criteria and the reforms by the government on the other side the private sector has grown on a higher rate than the public sector and have got success in convincing the parents to send their kids in private schools at least at primary level this state of mind has been developed.