Parental Involvement and Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in Mpigi Town Council, Mpigi District, Uganda.
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2019-02
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Kampala international University college of Education open and distance learning
Abstract
This study about parental involvement and secondary school students’ academic performance in
Mpigi Town Council, Mpigi district, Uganda was carried out to explore the extent of parental
involvement in their children’s education; to assess the academic performance of secondary
school students in Mpigi town council, Mpigi district; and to examine the relationship between
parental involvement and children’s academic performance in secondary schools, Mpigi town
council. Using universal sampling, all the ten secondary schools in Mpigi town council as well as
the intact classes of students, Senior One to Senior Four (S. 1 -S.4) taking the seven compulsory
subjects as per the Uganda National Examination Board guidelines were included in the study.
Thus, 2,000 students participated in the study. Questionnaires with close -ended and structured
items were used to collect data on parental involvement; and the end of term one results for
December 2017, April, 2018 and August, 2018 were used for assessing students’ academic
performance. The findings were that parental involvement is low, students’ academic
performance is poor and the relationship between parental involvement and students; academic
performance is significant. Conclusions were made that due to social, political, technological and
economic changes in Uganda, in some parts of Uganda some parents have abandoned their roles
towards their children; many of them to do not adequately guide their children, help them
financially and academically, and do not adequately collaborate with the head teachers and
teachers of their children in secondary schools; that students in secondary schools in Mpigi
district generally do not perform well academically; and that academic achievement of the
learners depends on many factors. Parental involvement is among those factors. The higher the
parental involvement, the higher the possibility of the learners getting good results, and viceversa. The recommendations were that there is need for parents in Mpigi district to give enough
time for their children, to get highly involved with them, monitor them, and support them
financially and academically. Given the poor academic performance of the learners especially in
science subjects, the students should put in more effort. They should also be guided by the
teachers to stop perceiving science subjects as being hard. Also, since parental involvement
influences the children’s learning outcomes significantly, there is need for parents to get
involved more in their children’s education, highly monitor their children, guide them and
support them financially and academically.
Description
A Dissertation Submitted To The College Of Education, Open And Distance E-Learning In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Award Of A Degree Of Master Of Education In Educational Administration And Management Of Kampala International University.
Keywords
Parental Involvement, Mpigi District, Uganda., Students’Academic Performance, Secondary School