Parental Attitude towards Pre-School Education in Context of Joint and Nuclear Family Parents

Abstract

Preschool education is crucial for children’s development. One of the most important partners in this period are parents thus, their views about preschool education influence the success of preschool education. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the views of parents about preschool education. The participants were 120 parents whose children were attending a private school. Basic qualitative research was used in this study and the data was collected via a paper pencil test named Parental Attitude Scale towards Pre-School Education by S. Venkatasan and it was collected by the researcher. ‘t’ test was used for the analysis of data. Results indicate that in Nuclear families male has a better level of attitude towards preschool education compare to females.