Parental Involvement and its Role in Students’ Behavioral Outcomes and Academic Achievement at the Primary Level

Abstract

This study was analyzing parental involvement in determining students’ behavioral outcomes and their academic achievement at primary level. The main objective of the study was to identify the association between parental involvement, students' behaviour and academic performance. The main research question which was to be answered to what extent there will be the association exist between parental involvement, students' behavioural outcomes and academic performance? The population of the study were all the primary schools of district Khushab. From 31 primary schools of Tehsil Noushera, 105 primary schools were selected by multistage sampling technique. This study was quantitative in nature so, self-developed questionnaires were used to gather the data from the respondents. Descriptive statistics i.e. frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used in analyzing the data. The conclusion of the study was that there was a clear and significant association between parental involvement, students’ behavioral outcomes and academic achievement at primary level. On the basis of conclusion, it was recommended that future educational initiatives should focus on strengthening family-school partnerships to enhance students' overall development.