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Pre-primary education in the Slovak Republic. Mgr. Marcela Hanusová PhDr. Viera Hajdúková, PhD. T he 7 th meeting of the network on early childhood education and care (ECEC): FINANCING ECEC SERVICES. 3.3 Funding strategy – how to manage financial resources for E CEC
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Pre-primaryeducation in the Slovak Republic Mgr. Marcela Hanusová PhDr. Viera Hajdúková, PhD.
The 7th meeting of the network on early childhood education and care (ECEC):FINANCING ECEC SERVICES 3.3 Funding strategy – how to manage financial resources for ECEC 3.4 Other policy issues
General information – kindergartens, teachers – status to 15th September 2009 state 2 765 private 64 church 44 Full- day 6 744 Half-day 318 Thefull-dayclasses 133 508 Thehalf-dayclasses 4 988 From it: Assistant Teachers 58
3.3 Funding strategy – how to manage financial resources for ECEC (1) • June 2008 - Adoption of the new Law on Education and Training - Education Act • Kindergarten - part of the school system • Last year before the implementation of compulsory education - free, prior admission of 5-6 year old children, children with postponed compulsory school attendance and children with subsequently postponed compulsory school attendance
3.3 Funding strategy – how to manage financial resources for ECEC (2) • Pre-primary education - free of charge in other cases • The possibility of the founder of not requiring a fee of the child stay in kindergarten • The State, through the Ministry of Education, contributes to the education of children who have one year before the implementation of compulsory education • Funding ofkindergarten children - through taxes - rate on children under three years; rate on children from three to six years • Improving of the financial evaluation of teachers
Other policy issues • Pre-primary education - training program (two-level model of educational programs) • The National Educational Programe ISCED 0 – pre-primary education • School educational programs of kindergartens • Assessment of quality of education by the State School Inspection • The findings of the State School Inspection about the level of education, the conditions and management of kindergartens • Focus: Shall the last year of kindergarten before the implementation of compulsory school attendance becompulsory? – political decision