Parental Involvement and Pupils’ Academic Performance in Primary Schools in Kapchorwa District

Abstract

This research investigated parental involvement and pupils’ academic performance in primary schools in Kapchorwa district. The objectives of the study were; To examine the influence of parental involvement in provision of scholastic materials on academic performance of pupils in the primary schools in Kapchorwa District, to examine the influence of parental involvement in feeding children at school on academic performance of pupils in the primary schools in Kapchorwa District, to examine the influence of parental involvement in discipline of their children on the academic performance of pupils in the primary schools in Kapchorwa District. The study used a descriptive research design with both qualitative and quantitative approaches. A sample size of 55 respondents from a population of 65 was employed. The findings of the study on the parental involvement on feeding were, R2=.021 which means that 2.1% of parental involvement on feeding predicts pupils’ performance and the remaining 97.9% are predicted by other factors. On the parental involvement provision scholastic materials to their children, it was found that R2=.229 which means that 22.9% of pupils’ academic performance is predicted by the parental involvement provision scholastic materials to their children and the remaining 77.1% is accounted for by other factors. On parental involvement in discipline of their children, it was found out that R2=.065, which means that 6.5% of pupils’ performance is predicted by parental involvement in discipline of their children and that remaining 93.5% is predicted by other factor