text: is it an obligation  for kid to have pre- school  programe before the kindergarden? i would like to know does the kid 3 and half years old have to go to pre-school programme in the order for him to be admited to  the kindergarden don't buy into the whole idea that you have to have your child attend pre-school. it's just another way for the educational system to get more tax money. you can easily educate your child at home and produce far better results yourself. my mom decided to school me herself before i went to kinder. i learned to read,write and count and was placed in advanced kinder as a result. i was then skipped two grades. it wasn't that i was advanced, it was that my mom took time for me. she wasn't worried about "finding herself" or "climbing the corporate ladder". she was concerned about my future. i am with the person that said that pre-school is a convenient place to drop off your children while you do more "important" things.