Knowledge, attitudes and practices (December 2014)
of parents from the northern municipalities regarding pre-school education
- Crnogorski
- English
Highlights
The survey indicates a necessity to inform parents about kindergartens...
Parents have relatively small knowledge about kindergarten, and the least informed among them are poor parents from rural areas for whom the kindergarten is very distant:
- Almost one out of three parents neither know how long children stay in kindergarten (30%) nor whether the kindergartens have programs according to which they work (29%).
- Less than one half of parents actually did visit the kindergarten to inquire about its work and conditions for child’s enrollment (42%).
- 70% of parents are informed from personal contact with other parents.
- Among the uninformed parents there is also the biggest number of barriers to three hours preparatory program even when financial obstacles are removed – even when it is free of charge more than half of the parents refuse to enroll the child.
- Information are a necessary prerequisite for change of attitudes: the campaign should provide parents with information about kindergartens, and give them an opportunity to become familiar with work of the kindergarten in direct contact with kindergarten and its staff, with special accent on the most vulnerable group of parents
