an amendment to the school education act made attendance in preprimary education compulsory for yearolds in and granted all yearolds and yearolds a right to participate from and respectively amendments to the school education act also introduced a limit to the fees paid by parents with earmarked grants from the state to local governments compensating the difference in cost the legislation aims to fulfil the needs of preschool students by establishing clubs to support childrens social and personal development if requested by parents and where conditions permit enabling access to preschool institutions during the summer especially for those who cannot attend during the regular educational term and opening free mobile classes particularly for disadvantaged students in rural areas