Parental Involvement And Its Effect On Academic Performance Of Students

Abstract

Attitudes of school personnel towards each other and the students lacking cultural awareness is because of lack of academic achievement. The present study aims to focus on the impact of parental involvement on student’s academic performance based on advance scientific knowledge. A quantitative study design was employed by recruiting students aged between 5 years and 16 years. Self-reported questionnaire was used to collect data through mailed survey using google forms. The data gathered via self-administered questionnaire was initially organized on Microsoft excel, which was later coded and uploaded on software Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. The results showed that majority of the parents monitored their child’s homework (65.3%), their time of watching television (77.6%), support in school discipline (98%), strict about school attendance (79.6%), monitor regular attendance (83.7%), contact with the teacher (89.9%), check marks of class test (98%), encourage good academic performance (100%), attend school functions (81.6%), and celebrate academic achievements for motivating children (85.7%). Moreover, more than half of the parents (51%) were aware that the school provides a variety of ways in which they can get involved and volunteer at the school and 67.3% were aware that the school schedules activities and conferences at traditional and nontraditional school hours. The study concluded that involvement of parents in academics of children help to provide the best educational environment for their children.