ERIC Number: EJ864524
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0885-2006
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Affordability, Accessibility, and Accountability: Perceived Impacts of the Pre-Primary Education Vouchers in Hong Kong
Li, Hui; Wong, Jessie Ming Sin; Wang, X. Christine
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v25 n1 p125-138 2010
Hong Kong launched the "Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme" (PEVS) in 2007 to promote the "3A's" of early childhood education (ECE): affordability, accessibility, and accountability. The PEVS has three unique features: discriminating against profit kindergartens, promoting teacher professional development, and limiting parents' choice to only non-profit schools. To understand the voucher scheme's perceived impacts, this study conducted stratified random sampling to include 10% of Hong Kong kindergartens and surveyed their parents, principals, and teachers. A total of 380 completed questionnaires were collected and analyzed, and the results indicated that (1) the majority of the respondents perceived positive impacts on the 3A's of ECE; (2) significant effects of stakeholders (parents, teachers and principals), school types (profit or non-profit), eligibility, and familiarity were found in between- and within-group comparisons; (3) the parents and especially those from non-profit/eligible kindergartens tended to perceive more positive impacts than others; and (4) the principals and teachers reported some implementation difficulties. Implications for voucher reform in others countries are discussed. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Familiarity, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Educational Vouchers, Principals, Access to Education, Educational Finance, Faculty Development, Kindergarten, Parent Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Questionnaires, Stakeholders, Institutional Characteristics, Eligibility, Comparative Analysis, Proprietary Schools, Nonprofit Organizations
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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