PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND CHILDREN&rsquo;S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL

Donnabelle  Castro,; Jessa Mae  de Jesus,; Reah-May  Sabandal,

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND CHILDREN’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL

Jessa Mae de Jesus | Reah-May Sabandal | Donnabelle Castro

Abstract:

A child’s first teacher is their parents. If parents want the child to reach the standard of excellence, they have to work hard for improvement to inspire and support the child. It is established in some studies that parental involvement is linked to children’s success in school. The primary purpose of the study was to determine parents’ involvement and its relation to the academic performance of the child. This is a descriptive correlational study wherein a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The questionnaires were validated by three experts and have undergone reliability testing with a Cronbach alpha of .84. The study had 30 respondents from the Grade IV section of Cabantian Elementary School. The academic performance of the respondents was based on their second grading period. The findings revealed that the parents were very much involved in PTA meetings. However, there is no significant relationship between parents’ involvement and academic performance.