Abstract
In Turkey before the twelve year compulsory education, preschool education was included in the compulsory education in 32 province with a 4-year planning starting from 2009-2010 school year and instantly the pilot scheme of compulsory preschool education was started. In this research, it was aimed to evaluate the process of the pilot scheme of compulsory preschool education, by taking the opinions of the parents into consideration and the opinions of 624 parents were taken under evaluation. The data received by means of “The Parents’ Evaluation Form for the Pilot Scheme of Compulsory Preschool Education”, which was developed by the researchers, was analyzed through content analysis method. According to the research findings, the majority of the parents expressed that the pilot scheme had not had an impact on their decision to send their children to the school. An important percentage of the parents stated that they found the physical conditions of the school sufficient and the personnel of the school competent. Over half of the parents expressed that no monetary resource had been demanded from them by the school. Additionally, the results revealed that an important percentage of the parents stated that the funding for the preschool education should be provided by the government.
Highlights
While the preschool education is not in scope of compulsory education for many countries at the present time, the schooling rate of the preschool education grade has escalated into a high level in developed countries
While 50,48 % of the parents stated that no monetary resource had been demanded by the school, 64,26 % of them expressed that the funding for the preschool education should be provided by the government. 36,86 % of the parents stated that they found the pilot scheme of compulsory preschool education positive in general
The pilot scheme of compulsory preschool education, which was initiated in the school year of 2009-2010, had a positive impact on the schooling
Summary
While the preschool education is not in scope of compulsory education for many countries at the present time, the schooling rate of the preschool education grade has escalated into a high level in developed countries. The first official practice having been performed in order to raise the schooling rate, which was on a lower scale in terms of the preschool education, was the pilot scheme of the preschool education which was started between the education years of 2009 and 2010. Some arrangements for the education system had taken place before the projected period for the pilot scheme of compulsory preschool education was complete. The practice of twelve-year compulsory education replaced the eight-year compulsory education between 2012 and 2013. The preschool education, which had been planned to be included in the scope of compulsory education gradually, did not enter into the scope of the reintroduced compulsory education after this regulation
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