Impact of Parental Involvement on Academic Achievement of Selected Grade 12 General Academic Strand Students in Bestlink College of the Philippines

Abstract

Parental involvement refers to the amount of participation of parents regarding their children’s school life and life in general. The responsibility to socialize and educate children is a shared obligation of parents and schools. For a child to reach academic achievement, parents must be involved and participate in the educational process. The more the parental involvement is, the more the students are likely to become productive members of society and excel in academics. The main aim of this study was to determine the impact of parental involvement on the academic achievements of selected Grade 12 General Academic Strandstudents at Bestlink College of the Philippines, S.Y. 2019–2020. This study used a quantitative descriptive research design that will elaborate the recommendations to be taken by the implementation of the impact of parental involvement on academic achievements. Purposive sampling was utilized to choose selected 50 General Academic Strandstudents to assess the impact of parental involvement on the academic achievements of the students. The results of the study showed that parental involvement has an impact on the academic achievements of the students in terms of time management, with a weighted mean of 3.9 for male and female participants and verbal interpretation of strongly agree. Projects/activities obtained the weighted mean of 3.6 for male participants and 3.8 for female participants, with the verbal interpretation of both strongly agree. Financial support had a weighted mean of 3.6 for male participants and 4.0 for female participants, with the verbal interpretation of both strongly agree. Attitude had a weighted mean of 3.6 for male participants and 4.0 for female participants, with the verbal interpretation of both strongly agree. With an overall weighted mean of 3.6 for male participants and 3.9 for female respondents and verbal interpretation of strongly agree, parental involvement has an impact on the academic achievements of the students in terms of their time management, projects/activities, financial support, and attitude. We recommended the following. Parents must inform their children to balance their time when the students have many school works to do. We suggested that parents should learn about their children’s available time. Some students lack money; when their parents give them money for transportation, they should not waste their money to buy nonsense things. Parents should improve the attitude and behavior of their children by giving a positive influence.