THE ROLE OF PARENTAL PARTICIPATION IN CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
Keywords:
Parents’ motivation, parental participation, school, supervision, teachers.Abstract
This article explicates the importance and benefits of parental involvement in child’s education. The fact is exemplified that parents’ involvement in their child’s learning process offers many opportunities for success- improvements on child’s morale, attitude, and academic achievement across all subject areas, behavior and social adjustment. The engenderment of children’s education requires the interplay of several factors with parental involvement as a key ingredient in the educational experience. Findings revealed that parents’ belief that their participation in their children’s education is part of the training they are supposed to give them has motivated them to participate. This study underscores that the most common obstacle to parental participation is the parents’ pessimistic attitude towards supporting school where their children are enrolled in, and the “we-don’t-care- attitude” among parents. Barriers to parental participation in their children’s education include the high cost of living which keeps parents preoccupied with economic ventures, and low self-esteem due to some parents’ illiteracy which makes them feel they cannot offer much besides paying their children’s school fees.
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