Attitudes of Roma parents to education of their children in Pre-School Education program at the Youth Salesian Center - a centre for children and youth in České Budějovice

This Thesis is focused on the attitudes of Roma parents to the education of their children in the pre-school Education program at the Salesian Centre a centre for children and youth in ČB. The Thesis describes the Roma people, their ethnicity and cultural diversity and their relation to education. It also describes the Salesian community, their Centre for children and youth in ČB, its establishment and programs focused on the pre-school age-range. It follows the pre-school education curriculum in the Czech Republic. The practical part of this Thesis includes methodology of research and grounds for its usage, description of research and data evaluation. The conclusion includes a discussion about established parents attitudes to Education together with the literature and some recommendations for an adjustment and an improvement of the pre-school program, which is set up correctly, nevertheless the research shows some suggestions which could have led to the Program attendance increasing