Organisation and Diversification of the Educational Market in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration

The political changes in Poland after 1989 affected the formation of a self-reliant society. One of the results was the decentralisation of public tasks in the field of education, with the relevant competences transmitted to local governments. Since then, communes have been responsible for ensuring...

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Main Authors: Walaszek Marzena, Bąkowska Edyta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
Series:Quaestiones Geographicae
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0019
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description The political changes in Poland after 1989 affected the formation of a self-reliant society. One of the results was the decentralisation of public tasks in the field of education, with the relevant competences transmitted to local governments. Since then, communes have been responsible for ensuring equal access to public education, but at the same time a non-public education market has been developing. Important for changes in the Polish educational system was also a reform started in 1999 which led to the transformation of the two-level system of education existing since 1968 into a three-level structure.
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spelling doaj.art-c3667a790958493a97665a1a4d66ec6f2022-12-21T21:30:09ZengSciendoQuaestiones Geographicae2081-63832016-06-0135210511410.1515/quageo-2016-0019quageo-2016-0019Organisation and Diversification of the Educational Market in Poland: The Case of the Poznań AgglomerationWalaszek Marzena0Bąkowska Edyta1Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, PolandInstitute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, PolandThe political changes in Poland after 1989 affected the formation of a self-reliant society. One of the results was the decentralisation of public tasks in the field of education, with the relevant competences transmitted to local governments. Since then, communes have been responsible for ensuring equal access to public education, but at the same time a non-public education market has been developing. Important for changes in the Polish educational system was also a reform started in 1999 which led to the transformation of the two-level system of education existing since 1968 into a three-level structure.https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0019educational systemcompulsory educationdecentralisation of educationmarket for educational servicespoznań agglomeration
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Organisation and Diversification of the Educational Market in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration
Quaestiones Geographicae
educational system
compulsory education
decentralisation of education
market for educational services
poznań agglomeration
title Organisation and Diversification of the Educational Market in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration
title_full Organisation and Diversification of the Educational Market in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration
title_fullStr Organisation and Diversification of the Educational Market in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration
title_full_unstemmed Organisation and Diversification of the Educational Market in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration
title_short Organisation and Diversification of the Educational Market in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration
title_sort organisation and diversification of the educational market in poland the case of the poznan agglomeration
topic educational system
compulsory education
decentralisation of education
market for educational services
poznań agglomeration
url https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0019
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