Strengthening Parents’ Participation in Different School Activities at the Alitagtag Central School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Parents, families, educators, and communities there's no better partnership to assure that all pupils have the support and resources they need to succeed in school and in life.

Parental involvement may be an essential factor in the development of the foundation in children's education. In spite of this, many parents do not appear to be getting involved in their children's education. This lack of involvement may have a negative impact on student performance in and out of the classroom and ultimately affect their continuing educational development and success. Teachers need to play a major role in connecting to the larger school community.

Parent's involvement has been shown to be an important variable that positively influences children's education. More and more schools are observing the importance of parental involvement and are encouraging families to become more involved. Due to this recent trend, it has become essential to understand what is meant by parent involvement and in what ways it has an influence on children'seducation.

METHODS

This is descriptive qualitative research which aims to strengthen parent's participation in different school activities at Alitagtag Central School. The respondents of the study are the parents.The researchers used the data baseline. The data gathering tools used to attain the objective of the study is the interview method.

RESULTS

This part of the study presents the responses to the research objectives heaved in the research.1.Level of Parent's Participation in Different School ActivitiesTable 2 shows that 60% of the respondents never participates in different school activities. 16% says that they seldom participate in the different school activities while respondents with a percentage of 14 sometimes participate. On the other hand 10% of the respondents always participate in different school activities.2. Causes/Reasons of Parents Not Attending School ActivitiesTable 3 shows that 40% are working parents, 20% has schedule conflicts and uncomfortable with the activities. 6% of the respondents reveals that it is because of the teacher-parent relationship, and 14% says that the information is not comprehensible.

DISCUSSIONS

The researchers heaved the following conclusions:

Research shows that students whose parents are involve in school activities are more likely to have positive education outcomes than those whose parents are not involved.The strategies and actions presented in this research provide a framework for how schools can connect with parents, engage parents and sustain the engagement in school activities.

Parents and schools all need to work together to create an environment that facilitates the development and progress of children.