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four (4) main reasons which are; (i) Academic Reason, (ii) Racial Reason, (iii) Geographical Reason
and (iv) Ideological Reason.
As past studies are mostly attempted to identify the private preschool choice selection among parents
through research conducted independent of a theoretical framework, the research gap exists due to the
lack of a theoretical framework. Hence, this study will help to answer the gap by identifying the
common determinant factors that contribute to the parent’s decision on sending off their children to
the private preschool through the application of the TPB.

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