dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of parents’ involvement in
education on their children’s’ performance at Kenya certificate of primary
education in Nyakach Sub-County, Kisumu, Kenya. Four objectives were
formulated to guide the study: to examine how parents’ involvement in supervision
of their children’s homework influence their performance, to establish how parents’
involvement in attending school meetings influence their children’s performance,
to determine how parents’ initiative in the academic follow up of their children
influences their performance and to examine how parents’ involvement in provision
of supplementary learning materials influences their children’s performance. The
research used descriptive survey design. The target population of this study was
144 public primary schools in Nyakach Sub county. The research came up with the
following findings: Majority of the parents (88%) were not supervising their
children’s homework as expected and this affected their academic performance
negatively. On attendance of school meetings, most of parents (65%) created time
to attend AGM and PTA meetings, though it did not significantly influence their
children’s performance, but low attendance of parents (15%) was realized during
academic clinic days, which greatly led to low academic performance of their
children. Majority of the parents (77%) did not make initiatives to follow up the
academic progress of their children, which negatively influenced their academic
performance. Most parents (65%) provided their children with proper uniform, but
majority of the pupils (75%) still lacked supplementary books and stationaries,
which led to the low academic performance noted in Nyakach subcounty. Based on
the findings, it was concluded that the parents in this subcounty have not been
supervising their children’s homework and this has led to low academic
performance witnessed. Parent’s attendance of school meetings did not show a
significant influence on their children’s performance. Parents lack of initiatives in
the follow up of their children’s education had a significant negative influence on
their academic performance. Lack of provision of supplementary learning materials
by parents has a significant negative influence on their children’s performance. The
researcher recommended the following: Parents should make it their responsibility
to supervise their children’s homework; measures should be put in place to ensure
parents attend academic clinic days and the school administration should organize
trainings to advise parents on ways to initiate follow up on their children’s
education. The researcher suggested that a study of other factors influencing pupils’
performance other than parent’s involvement should be studied and the same study
should be done in other sub counties. | en_US |