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STUDENT AND PARENTAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS VOUCHERIZATION OF EDUCATION
STUDENT AND PARENTAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS VOUCHERIZATION OF EDUCATION

Author(s): Admir Čavalić, Damir Bećirović, Amela Bešlagić
Subject(s): Anthropology, Education, National Economy, Micro-Economics, Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Governance, Economic policy, Welfare systems, Political behavior, Political economy, Politics and communication, Politics and society, Methodology and research technology, Comparative politics, School education, Adult Education, Higher Education , History of Education, Law on Economics, Public Finances, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Sociology of Education, Commercial Law
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: education; education management; education vouchers;

Summary/Abstract: Voucher system of education implies the use of vouchers as instruments of financing public and private education. Unlike the traditional ways of financing education, the voucher system creates the assumptions for increasing the freedom of choice regarding educational programs within different levels of education. Paper will use scientific methods of systematization and analysis of existing literature regarding school vouchers, in order to give a critical review of the influence of vouchers on increasing the competitiveness of education. The paper will also present the results of the research of student and parental attitudes about towards voucherization of education. Research sample includes respondents from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Croatia and Republic of Serbia. Along with the conclusion, the paper also offers some recommendations regarding the use of vouchers for the improvement of local education systems.

  • Issue Year: IV/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 41-55
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English