EFFECT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Abstract

                This study was designed to find out the effect of parental involvement on students’ academic achievement at secondary school level. The nature of the study was quantitative and employed causal comparative research design. Two objectives and four hypothesis were developed for this study. The multi stage sampling technique was used to select the sample of 450 secondary school students for this study. The instrument used for this study was  questionnaire that was developed of close ended statements on five point Liker-Scale. The reliability of scale was found 0.94 by using Cronbach’s alpha formula. The data were analyzed through two-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and multiple regressions. The findings of the study indicates  that factors of parental involvement such as parents are volunteer in extracurricular activities, parents’ participation in meeting, parents provide electronic devices, and parents help in academic achievement had significant effect on students’ academic achievements. It is recommended that parents should perform volunteer role in extracurricular activities of their children and take care of the time that their children devoted to studying and make sure that their children do homework daily when students received such support they become more determined to achieve academically.