The school-parental involvement in public secondary schools in Katsina State, Nigeria /
The study explored parents, school administrators, teachers and students perception on the involvement of parents in public secondary schools in Katsina. The purpose of this study was to understand what parents, school administrators, teachers and students perceived as parental involvement in the tw...
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| Language: | English |
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Kuala Lumpur :
Kulliyyah of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2015
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| Summary: | The study explored parents, school administrators, teachers and students perception on the involvement of parents in public secondary schools in Katsina. The purpose of this study was to understand what parents, school administrators, teachers and students perceived as parental involvement in the two selected public secondary schools in Katsina State, Nigeria. Four research questions were developed out of the objectives to guide the researcher. The study employed a qualitative research method which involved collection of data through a semi-structured interview, review of available school documents and field notes. Ten (10) participants were purposively selected for the interview using the snowball sampling technique. The study adopted Epstein's (1995) theory of overlapping spheres influence and the six typology of school, family and community partnership as a yardstick for enhancing effective partnership roles. From the findings of the study, it showed that the participants understood what parental involvement meant, it signified that there existed an element of parental involvement in public secondary schools in Katsina State. It further highlighted the extent to which parents were involved in the selected schools i.e. they participated in activities organised by the school, provided certain amount of funds, participated in PTA, offered communal services organized workshop and sensitization programs, they undertook projects such as provision of instructional materials and infrastructural facilities. The findings also indicated the challenges and barriers which affected effective parental involvement in these public schools. It was discovered that school and governmental related factors inhibited parents from participating fully in the school management. Finally, there was also ignorance and apathy on the part of the parents. Thus, the study indicates that children whose parents were involved in their learning activities performed better academically than children whose parents were less involved. However, the finding indicated more parental involvement in school 'B' as compared to school 'A'. This however could be associated with the establishment of stronger links with parents through the activities of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and a more viable School Based Management Committee (SMBC) in school 'B' which were somewhat lacking in school 'A'. Seemingly, the participants were able to proffer solutions on how the numerous challenges could be overcome. Based on the findings the researcher recommends that the local and state government should collaborate with schools and work out modalities to create more avenues in which the parents and communities could be more committed to educational management in the area. Moreover, the study contributes to the body of knowledge by suggesting a proposed framework: Parental Involvement in Students School Activities (PISSA) that could be used for enhancing partnership activities in similar settings. The study also contributes to the existing literature by adding the Islamic and moral perspective of parental involvement in children's learning process |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 480 leaves : ill. ; 30cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 419-436) |