Parental Involvement in Grade 7 and Grade 12 in San Juan National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Parental involvement refers to the parent's participation in their child's schooling and life. Inactive participation in the part of parents may lead to poor academic performance and misbehavior of their child in the school. This study aims to identify the types, level, and rate of effects of parental involvement experienced by Grade 7 and Grade 12 students in San Juan National High School. Also, it aims to determine whether there is a significant difference between parental involvement in Grade 7 and Grade 12 students.

METHODS

Using a descriptive-comparative approach, the study used a validated survey questionnaire prepared by the researcher, which was distributed to the selected Grade 7 and Grade 12 student-respondents. The data was analyzed through arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and Z-test.

RESULTS

It was found that parenting and volunteering were the prevalent types of parental involvement while communicating and decision-making were the least types in Grade 7 and Grade 12, respectively. Also, the results showed that Grade 7 students enjoyed a higher level of parental involvement than Grade 12 students. Furthermore, it was concluded that the positive effect of parental involvement increased as the student went into a higher-Grade level.

DISCUSSIONS

Though it was not explicitly considered in the study, it is inevitably true that parental involvement plays a significant role in the academic performance of the child. To increase parent's participation, the researcher suggests distributing researcher-proposed handbook to the parents to encourage them to be actively and effectively involved in their child's schooling.