Performance of Grade Eleven Students as Perceived By Parents as Tool for Evaluation: Basis for a Proposed Action Plan

Abstract

Many of the best educational institution are those in which parents and teachers feel that they are partners, not competing for learners’ attention and interest. The teachers’ work should supplement that of the parents’, but not to take their place. Parents have a strong influence on children’s academic motivation and achievement. The attitude generated by the parents is transmitted to their children, and this strengthens the work of the school. The study aimed to determine the academic performance of grade eleven learners in relation to their parental involvement in school activities in Dona Teodora Alonzo Senior HighSchool, during the school year 2017 –2018. The researcher was convinced to use the descriptive method of research specially the survey design utilizing a questionnaire-checklist as a tool in gathering pertinent data, since the design is suitable in determining the assessment on the academic performance of grade eleven learners in relation to parents; involvement in school activities. Documentary analysis was used since the grades were taken from the students’ Form 138. The data gathered were treated statistically for Frequency, Percentage Distribution, Pearson r and Independent t-test. Parent and learner respondents observed that parental involvement was extended by the parents to their children. The academic performance of the students is significantly related to the parental involvement in school activities and monitoring home activities as perceived by the parents and the learners.