The Parental Involvement on the Academic Performance of Grade 3 Pupils at Kaligayahan Elementary School towards a Guide Academic Year 2018-2019

Abstract

Parental involvement can have a positive effect on a student’s education. Students whose parents read to them tend to have better language acquisition, literacy development and can be successful in school and life. This study aims to determine the parental involvement and its impact on grade 3 pupil’s academic performance at Kaligayahan Elementary school. Purposive sampling technique was used to determine the 10 grade 3 teacher-respondents. To gather the needed information, researchers utilized validated teacher-made questionnaires, unstructured interviews, and focused group discussions. The percentage was used to indicate the value proportion of the different variables relating to the study, the weighted mean was used to compute the insight of the respondents, and ranking was used to categorize the degree of answers of the respondents. The findings of the study revealed that 10 or 100% of the respondents are female. Parents are more involved in terms of general orientation, boy scout/girls scout and club in different subjects, homeroom PTA, and school events like “Buwan ng Wika”. They both have the highest weighted mean and ranked first. Teachers say that their most encountered problems in different school events were only a few parents attend them, they are not interested, and they are financially unstable. The solutions offered by the authors in encouraging parent involvement in different school activities are conducting parent-teacher seminars, counseling, and present a livelihood program. The parental involvement affects the academic performance of a child. Mostly in their critical stage in learning, students also want to feel the support of their parents in terms of school matters. Parent’s must support their children to be more motivated and be excellent in the future.