%0 Journal Article
%T PARENTS¡¯ PERSPECTIVES OF GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE KINDERGARTEN SYSTEMS IN KUWAIT
%A HADEEL AL SHATTI
%J Annual Review of Education, Communication and Language Sciences
%D 2011
%I Newcastle University
%X This comparative study was carried out between the government and private kindergarten (KG) sectors in Kuwait. The aim of this study is to develop government KGs in light of parents¡¯ needs by discovering their preference between the two sectors and the reasons behind their choice in terms of their satisfaction with different issues in the KG system. Additionally, teachers¡¯ views will be pointed out to examine issues related to parents¡¯ choice. The literature review assisted this study in identifying official evidence and statistics from the Kuwait Ministry of Education. A mixed approach was used, via a questionnaire, to collect data from parents and teachers in order to fulfill the research objectives. The results of the analysis suggest merits and demerits of both sectors in light of parents¡¯ satisfaction and teachers¡¯ views.
%K kindergarten (KG)
%K private schools (PS)
%K government schools (GS)
%K teachers
%K curriculum
%U http://research.ncl.ac.uk/ARECLS/vol8_documents/alshatti_vol8.pdf