Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior.
Online published on 19 January, 2012.
Preschool Education has been accepted by the Indian society since quite long. In fact it a booming business, for many ambitious housewives, entrepreneurs. Preschool industry is estimated gross about 4004 crores and is likely to grow by more than 25% by 2012. Presently the supply is unable to meet the demand and there is a mismatch between both leading to escalation of costs, lack of quality education etc with respect to preschool education. This paper attempts to analyze the predominant determinants of demand for preschool education in Secunderabad city. The determinants of supply and reasons for mismatch are not within the ambit of the paper. This paper has only attempted to identify those determinants of demand for preschool education which are considered very important by parents.
Preschool education, Descriptive statistics, Demand for preschool education
