The Effect of Parental Involvement and It's Impact on Pupils Acheivement in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria.

Student: Felicia Gordon WEWE (Project, 2025)
Department of Nursery and Primary Education
Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate parental involvement and the parents' perceived impact in their children's achievement. The subjects of this study were parents having children in elementary school at Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Modes of investigation were survey, interviews, and review of school documents. The findings of this study indicate that, as individuals, the overwhelming majority of the respondents were directly involved in their children's learning activities; however, as a school community, for instance, as members of PTA/PTO, almost sixty-five percent of the parents who responded to the survey had not attended any of the meetings in that year. However, almost all of the respondents perceived parental involvement as not only very important but as crucial for their children's achievement. The next step, therefore, is to educate school personnel so that they may be more open and accessible to parental involvement and devise a plan providing ways for parents to perceive more deeply their own impact on their children's achievement. It is also important to educate and inform parents of the vital role they play in the lives of their children.

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effect parental involvement impact pupils acheivement
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