Abstract
The lack number of teachers in Wonogiri district urgea participation between parents and organizer of Early Childhood Education (ECE) program. Related to this issue, this study aimed at (1) knowing the implementation of ECE program in Wonogiri district (2) analyzing the forms of parental participation in ECE program (3) analyzing the factors affecting parental participation in ECE program implementation. This study can be catagorized as descriptive research with a quantitative approach. The data analysis technique was using descriptive statistics among ECE program in Wonogiri District, Central Java. The reserach findings showed that (1) ECE program in Wonogiri District was operated under the Education Office of Wonogiri District, especially Non-Formal and Informal Education Unit. It has ECE section focusing on developing ECE services in Wonogiri district (2) most of the respondents had a low level of participation in terms of policies, collaboration, information (3) factors affecting parental participation in ECE program implementation were education, occupation, income as well as distance between home and school.
Highlights
Law Number 20 of 2003 on National Education System Article 1 Item 14 states that Early Childhood Education (ECE) is an effort to provide guidance to children from birth to the age of six years through the provision of educational stimuli to support growth and physical and spiritual development so that children have readiness to enter further education. Schindler, et al (2015) suggests that ECE programs offer a promising mechanism for preventing early externalizing behavior problems and later antisocial behavior
As mentioned by Suyadi and Ulfah (2013: 17), ECE is held with the aim of facilitating the growth and development of children that emphasized in developing all aspects of a child's personality
In accordance with the uniqueness and growth of Early Childhood, the implementation of Education for ECE is adjusted to the stages of development of the children itself
Summary
Law Number 20 of 2003 on National Education System Article 1 Item 14 states that Early Childhood Education (ECE) is an effort to provide guidance to children from birth to the age of six years through the provision of educational stimuli to support growth and physical and spiritual development so that children have readiness to enter further education. Schindler, et al (2015) suggests that ECE programs offer a promising mechanism for preventing early externalizing behavior problems and later antisocial behavior. It shows the importance of ECE to the growth and development of children. In this case, parents has a big role to succeed the implementation of ECE. Parents has a big role to succeed the implementation of ECE They are the first party to instill the values of education and have the most dominant interaction with their childen. They can provide motivation, guidance and facilities for children for their level of education (Hendarti Permono, 2013; 35-36)
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