Švietimo decentralizacija

Abstract

Even if there is paid a lot of attention to the problems of decentralisation in the scientific literature, we always face a problem of the use of terminology: there are given different theoretical interpretations of decentralisation in the scientific literature, especially the effects of decentralisation are considered ambiguous. This means that there is a question whether the decentralisation leads to the positive or negative changes in the management system. Decentralisation – one of the most important reform directions of management systems in nowadays can be regarded as a necessary condition not only for the development of local self-government, but also of civil society. Management change in the public sector is not only a certain individual and distinctive combination of events. We should see changes as one of political problems and responses to them. Purpose of this article - to analyse the educational merits of centralization and decentralization, and to structure and present arguments before and after the decentralization of education.