Parental Involvement on Enhancing Pupils‘ Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools: A case of Temeke Municipal Council.

Chali, Basila Joachim (2023) Parental Involvement on Enhancing Pupils‘ Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools: A case of Temeke Municipal Council. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study was about the effects of parental involvement on pupils‘ academic performance in public primary schools in Temeke Municipal Council. The researcher's focus was to explore the extent to which parents are involved in the education of primary school pupils, to identify forms of parental involvement in primary schools, to examine factors influencing parental involvement in education, and to explore the barriers facing parental involvement in primary schools. A survey design was adopted, whereas a sample of one hundred and ten (110) respondents was selected through simple random sampling for convenience and purposeful sampling. Questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions, and documentary reviews were employed for data collection. Quantitative data were analysed through SPSS programme version 20, then the data were presented in tables, mean, and percentage, while qualitative data were analysed through content analysis. The findings of the study reveal that parental involvement assisted pupils to study hard through their efforts, which led to increased academic performance in primary schools. Also, parental involvement resulted in collaboration with teachers, who managed to control and supervise pupils in terms of academic performance. The study revealed the forms of parental involvement in primary schools. The findings revealed that classroom volunteers and proper decision-making led to the active involvement of parents in education. The researcher also discovered some challenges that hinder the effective participation of parents, such as: economic constraints led them not to be involved in pupils‘ education; rather, they spent too much time generating income. The researcher concluded that employed parents‘ participation is pivotal to creating effective learning among the pupils, which led to achievement in terms of academic performance.

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