THE ROLE OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THROUGH PLAY GROUPS
Keywords:
Non Formal Education, Early Childhood Education, Play GroupsAbstract
Non-formal education (PNF) is basically education that takes place outside the school track (formal education). Non-formal education targets cover all levels of society and are not limited to age, gender, socioeconomic status and previous level of education. Early childhood education plays an important role to build the development of intelligence, attitudes, thoughts and personality in children age through early childhood education (ECE). The method used in this research is descriptive research method. Data collection techniques by conducting review studies of books, literature, notes, and reports that have to do with stored problems. The formulation of the problems raised in this study is limited to how the role of non-formal education programs in improving the quality of early childhood education through playgroups. The results obtained are playgroups as one of the pre-school educational institutions that organize early childhood education on non-formal channels, take over the function of parents to provide early education for their children