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The Need For After School Programs In Rural Communities

After school programs has been widely studied over the past 30 years. Providing opportunities to spend leisure time in a productive way is a constant concern of both school and parents. Under the current conditions, the time spent by parents at work is much longer than in the past, as well as the frequency of changes in family structures is greater. Thus, issues related to child education outside the school are becoming extremely important. After school programs is not a novelty in the urban environment in Romania, covering stringent needs like unsupervised time experienced by children, preventing school failure, as well as promoting school performance. But in Romanian rural environment, such programs are still in their infancy. This study aims to investigate the needs of rural communities for out-of-school or after school programs. Research has a nonexperimental, qualitative design. Research methods are interview and study of documents. The group of participants consists of 40 teachers and 20 parents from rural area. The results shows that the school failure rate for children in the rural environment is increased. The level of knowledge acquired, reflected in the marks obtained at the national exams, is low. There is also a need for educational and vocational counselling, personal development for both pupils and parents. Also there is a need for programs that promote a healthy lifestyle by acquiring hygiene skills, practicing sports, and eating properly. © 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK