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Analysis of Parents' Satisfaction with Pre-School Education in Uzbekistan International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 10, Issue 9, September-2019 829 ISSN 2229-5518 ANALYSIS OF PARENTS' SATISFACTION WITH PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION IN UZBEKISTAN Sharopova Nafosat Radjabovna Tashkent State University of Economics PhD student of the department «Marketing», Tashkent city, Republic of Uzbekistan Abstract. The article analyzes indicators of satisfaction with the quality of preschool education in Uzbekistan. On the basis of an econometric analysis, factors were identified that influence parents' satisfaction with the quality of preschool education. Index Terms— marketing research, remedies, research methods, early childhood education, quality of preschool education, parents' satisfaction, quality of pre-primary education. —————————— —————————— Introduction. According to the UNICEF MICS 2013 household The modern education system requires that questionnaire, interviews with 25 educators and 25 consumers begin to study the ideas of pre-school teachers were conducted to find out about their education as a key element of education. living conditions, food security at home, teachers' Analysis of all scientific studies to date knowledge, skills development and working shows that parental satisfaction with the quality of conditions. Assessment of Early Childhood pre-school education has shown that parents have Development and Early Education Through the differently expressed their satisfaction with the IDELA tool, children can directly report on social quality of education provided to their children. and emotional development, self-awareness, There was also a change in the level of satisfaction friendship, conflict and problem-solving, conflict with the type of pre-school institutions and place resolution, hard work, pleasure, motivation and of residence of parents. Much of the research has interests through key indicators of early childhood been done on the topic of "demographic development. learned. Based on the results characteristics ofIJSER parents, the quality of preschool obtained, parents and teachers need to improve education based on the type of school, the their knowledge and skills to improve the quality relationship between educators and parents, the of education in a kindergarten in Ghana. [3] quality and satisfaction of pre-school education." Zhang, L.-F., Moore, L., & Lin, Y.-M [3] A [1] study of the demographic characteristics of 2. Literature Review. preschoolers in Taiwan regarding the extent to Due to the importance of parents' satisfaction which parents are happy with their children's pre- with the quality of education in increasing child school services. The survey included adoption rates in preschool programs, many questionnaires from 810 parents of 3-5-year-old studies have been conducted on parental children enrolled in 20 public and 16 pre-school satisfaction from preschools around the world. institutions in Taiwan. The questionnaire includes Research shows that many developed countries characteristics of the curriculum, teacher lead to greater efficiency in pre-school education. characteristics, interactions, curriculum, safety, For example, in 2014, in preschool education health and physical environment, and assessment programs in the Organization for Economic Co- criteria for parents to identify and familiarize operation and Development (OECD), the themselves with the quality of child care programs. enrollment rate of children aged 3-5 years was The questionnaire asked for demographic 85%. [2]. information of parents, age, marital status, Sharon Wolfa, Edward Tssinigob, Jere education level, employment status, household Behrmanc, and J.Lawrence Aberd (New York, income, and number of family members. All data 2017) In collaboration with representatives from were statistically analyzed, frequencies and the University of Pennsylvania, 344 observations of percentages were used for the analysis of children, parents and teachers were conducted in numerical and nominal data, and standard Ghana to improve the quality of education. deviations and means for quality indicators and IJSER © 2019 http://www.ijser.org International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 10, Issue 9, September-2019 830 ISSN 2229-5518 categories were determined. First of all, correlation needed to assess the quality of preschool analyzes were performed to determine the education. The empirical database of the study was presence of small-scale relationships. Demographic interviews and interviews with about 30 parents in descriptors performed Manova's test for a courtyard courtyard and online social “differential variance” to compare the category networking sites. From these interviews, it was and to assess whether there was a general concluded that parents should recognize the high difference between groups. A paired “T” test was status, value and importance of educators as their used to determine the difference between parents' primary partners and advisors in raising children, assessment quality and their satisfaction with child and that the level of caregivers should be reflected care programs. The results showed that parents in their respective material rewards for being up- were satisfied with today's preschool programs. As to-date calculations. a result of the research, recommendations for J. Anthony, K. Manship, C. Liu, and S. effective communication in teacher-parent Muenchow (California 2008) studied future relationships are provided. demand for public and private preschools in Daphina Libent [1] The purpose of the study California and the issues related to the assessment in Tanzania was to study parents' satisfaction with of supply and demand for preschool education. It the quality of pre-school education and to analyze also analyzes the results of a study on increasing the factors that affect them. A total of 829 parents demand by improving the quality of pre-school of preschoolers aged 5-6 were interviewed using a education and highlights how the use of a survey random four-point Likert scale. Anova test was to determine the demand for pre-school education used to analyze the variables, using bivariate can be highly effective. [6] correlation and regression analyzes, and the Sheldon Shaeffer (2015) studied the problem significance level tested for each hypothesis was of increasing demand for pre-school education and .05. The study found positive and meaningful developed policies and strategies to increase relationships between parents about "quality demand by improving the quality of preschool perception and satisfaction with preschool education. [7] education". Sam M. Walton (Northwest Arkansas 2016) This scientific novelty is recommended by explores the challenges of evaluating and the Ministry of Education to take appropriate evaluating demand and supply for early childhood measures to improve the preschool education and education. He analyzed the predictions of demand allocate resources to meet the needs of parents. In and supply for early childhood education in the addition, it was concluded that principals and teachers of preschools should strengthen their next 5-10 years. [8] Researchers in field of textile IJSERsmall business was researched by economists as well cooperation with parents. Menon.A. Barriers [4] Learned Problems in as Boltabaev B., Kryvyakin K., Hakimov Z., Early Childhood Stages with the participation of Tursunov B. [14-23] and others. 150 parents from Mumbai. There were significant differences in satisfaction levels among 36 of these 3. Methodology. parents, with 65.6% of parents experiencing Marketing surveys have used social survey problems and barriers at an early age level and and surveillance methods, which are the most were reported to be very dissatisfied. This study effective data collection methods. Accordingly, the explores the impact of parents' ability to engage following research tools were used to study the with their children in early childhood education, satisfaction with the quality of pre-school the impact of "parental involvement" on the quality education among parents of children aged 3-6 in of education of a child. The present study Uzbekistan: evaluated parents' perceptions of one dimension of Social Survey quality as "parental involvement", while this study Interview evaluated various aspects of parental consent telephone inquiries quality. Menon believes that fathers have problems The questionnaire was used to prepare the with managing their long hours and time, and that questionnaire by the Liquid scale (developed by mothers tend to manage their time better to help Rensis Likert) [9]. The limit points for the Layquert their children learn because mothers are more scale are "very unsatisfactory" and "very professional than fathers. unsatisfactory", and respondents are asked to OB Savinsky [5] The main purpose of the choose one of five possible answers, for example: 1 researcher's marketing research was to develop = very dissatisfied, 2 = unsatisfactory, 3 = moderate, comprehensive parenting techniques and methods 4 = satisfactory, 5 = very satisfactory. The questionnaire also asked 15 different types of IJSER © 2019 http://www.ijser.org International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 10, Issue 9, September-2019 831 ISSN 2229-5518 questions related to pre-school and parents' It describes the degree of dispersion, that is, how satisfaction with preschool education. different the character units in a collection are from Statistical analysis of the results of a the average. Therefore, the dispersion (r) is the
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