Rural schools: wrinklers for mayors?

Trnková Kateřina
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Trnková Kateřina: Masaryk University Brno

European Countryside, 2009, vol. 1, issue 2, 105-112

Abstract: All municipalities in the Czech Republic are obliged to guarantee access to basic education for children eligible for compulsory schooling. To meet this task, most municipalities establish a primary school whose operational and investment costs they cover. Running a school can be very demanding for rural municipalities. The article presents the results of a questionnaire survey which involved founders (mayors) the so-called small schools with composite classes, situated mainly in small rural municipalities. Based on these results examines the main stereotypes associated with the notion of small rural schools. A hypothetical balance between what the municipality must invest and what benefits the school brings is sought.

Keywords: rural primary school; small school with composite classes; rural municipality; mayors; founders of the primary schools; reasons for establishing rural schools; costs and benefits of the running small rural primary school; rural primary school; small school with composite classes; rural municipality; mayors; founders of the primary schools; reasons for establishing rural schools; costs and benefits of the running small rural primary school; venkovské základní školy; malotřídní školy; venkovské obce; starostové; zřizovatelé základních škol; důvody pro zřízení venkovských škol; náklady a přínosy provozování malých venkovských základních škol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.2478/v10091-009-0009-1

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