Parents' Lack of Participation in School Activities and its Relation to Pupils' Academic Performance

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Parents' involvement means the school is working together with the parents for the sake of the pupils. This program can progress pupils' involvement, improve attendance, and build a conducive environment. Unluckily, some of the parents of Catandaan Elementary School lack involvement in school activities which affects pupils' academic performance. This is the reason behind the research.

METHODS

The study used the descriptive design of research to answer the specific questions regarding the lack of parents' involvement in school activities. The respondents of the study were nine (9) teachers of Catandaan Elementary School and the responses were based on their records of parents' attendance on the different school activities for the school year 2018-2019.

RESULTS

The Average Percentage of Parents' Attendance in School Activities is: 78% of the respondents favor poor attendance for parents in school activities while 11% of respondents favor both excellent and good attendance. The common causes of parents' lack of participation in school activities are the following: parents are working, there is miscommunication between teachers and parents, and this school is very far from the place where parents lived. To address this problem they come up with the recognition of outstanding parents, the conduct of family day with freebies and organize team building activity among parents.

DISCUSSIONS

It is greatly observed that the Parents' attendance in school activities is poor due to the following causes: job, miscommunication between teachers and parents and the distance greatly affects the parent's attendance in school activities. It shows that the pupils tend to have low academic performance and it causes absenteeism among the learners. With this problem, they come up with the recognition of outstanding parents, the conduct of family day with freebies and organize team building activity among parents. This study implies that it serves as an eye-opener to the other school with the same problem.