Abstract
The child-center’s system, mechanism, effectiveness and efficiency for both public and private. This research aimed to study the child-center’s system, mechanism, effectiveness and efficiency for both public and private. The research process included a survey of 149 child centers in 6 provinces, namely, Bangkok, Chiengmai, Songkhla, Khonkhaen, Chonburi, and Loburi. The questionnaire was constructed and sent to 776 teachers and teacher-assistants and 2,073 parents. The questions focused on the system, mechanism, effectiveness and efficiency of the centers. The survey results indicated the indept-interview of selected centers. Thus only 19 child-centers of 2 provinces namely, Bangkok and Loburi were chosen due to the complete information and cooperation. The indept-interview of 19 child-center’s administrators, 195 teachers and teacher-assistants and 842 parents were done. The results showed that:only 9 out of 19 selected centers were considered to have good system, mechanism and more effective.more private child-centers tended to have better system, mechanism and effectiveness than those of public ones (6 out of 9 private centers versus 3 out of 10 public centers)more public child-centers tend to have more efficiency than those of private ones.
