Impact of Parents' Involvement to Learner's Academic Performance

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Several researchers have revealed the lowering percentage of the parents' involvement in school. The same scenario was found out in Tabiguian Elementary School. Every time there is a General PTA meeting and other school activities, attendance shows that only 30% which is seventy (70) of the two hundred thirty-two (232) total of parents only came to attend to. This prompted the researcher to conduct a study on the level of involvement of parents in school activities.

METHODS

The attendance of the parents was secured in every activity that the school was conducted. Pictures were taken and to determine the factors affecting their involvement, the survey questionnaires were distributed and were retrieved by the researcher. To correlate the involvement of parents to the performance of pupils, the MPS per grade level was also considered.

RESULTS

In order to address the problem of the school on the lowering participation of parents to the involvement of their children, the researcher conducted Search for Model Parent and some activity motivation during General PTA Meetings which was included in this study despite the findings that there is no significant relationship between the mean percentage level and the level of parents' involvement. Based on the result it implies that parental involvement is not a factor in improving the academic performance of the pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

The researcher after gathering data and getting the results recommended that there should be a motivation for parents to sustain the strong involvement to the education of their children. The communication and strong rapport with parents should be strongly established knowing the fact that they have a crucial role in their child's education.