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

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• educational system
• compulsory education
• decentralisation of education
• market for educational services
• poznań agglomeration