Abstract
Objective: Parents played fundamental role for uplifting moral values, shaping personality as well as their academic attainment. Study was conducted to find out effects of parental attitude on students’ academic performance. Methodology: Population of the study comprised on all public and private sector teachers teaching secondary classes and parents of students studying in Sahiwal division educational institutions at secondary level. Sample of the study consisted of 180 respondents (90 teachers and 90 parents) taken from 30 schools selected on random basis. Two types of research instruments (questionnaires and structured interview schedules) were developed and administered for getting required information. Findings: Parents’ positive attitude has positive impacts for uplifting academic performance of the children but their passive attitude becomes the cause of downgrading their academic performance. Their positive attitude provides love, security, simulation, encouragement and opportunities that help children to do well for producing good results. The study concluded that children who perceived their parents as loving, accepting, encouraging and less controlling behavioral and psychological less hostile perform better in school and feel more competent. Improvements: Parents are urging to get more involved in the monitoring, supervision and should provide moral and material support to pave the path for their children’s performance better in their learning. Keywords: Academic Performance, Attitude, Impacts, Loving, Secondary Level
Highlights
Education plays leading role for uplifting economic stability and social standard of the people
It was revealed from the results of the study that the urban parents (38%) showed good attitude with their children which has positive effects whereas the majority of the rural parents (39%) indicated positive attitude with their children which has a negative impact in uplifting the educational outcomes
It was concluded that parents’ positive attitude has positive impacts for uplifting academic achievements of the children but their passive attitude becomes the cause of downgrading their academic performance
Summary
Education plays leading role for uplifting economic stability and social standard of the people. They set high expectations and support to students in attaining achievements To sum up it was revealed from over viewing various studies that there were many factors responsible for creating hindrances for improving students’ learning outcomes but parents play significant role to upgrade children academic performance. In17 positive attitude of the parents can be supportive to their children in a lot of concerning complicated cases and can be reflected in enhancement in class performance, creating curiosity among children to learn and higher achievement score in overall performance Positive parental attitudes such as warmth, encouragement and a huge amount of sympathy are basic element in positive for academic performance and in character formation affection, privacy, trustworthy, confidentiality, authority, accepting, politeness, harmony, individual freedom, maintain relationships with one another, obedience to the regulations, mutually understanding. It is in this wise, that the study accounted here was done to evaluate the effects of parenting practices that are used for polish personality and achievement for the academic successes of their children
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