Abstract
This study is a correlational survey of the impact of home involvement on the mathematics achievement of Basic 5 pupils in North Bank suburb of Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. The study is the outcome of the first phase of a local intervention programme targeted at encouraging homes in the suburb to actively support the mathematics education of children at the Basic Education level. The participants of the study comprise 73 Basic 5 pupils along with their parents across three basic schools in the suburb. The mathematics achievement scores of the pupils for the First Term of the 2016/2017 Academic Session were correlated with home involvement scores generated from the adopted Parental Involvement Questionnaire. The correlational analysis established a weak positive relationship (r = 0.0177, p = 0.9241; and r = 0.174, p = 0.2884) between home involvement and mathematics achievement. Further interaction with pupils revealed that outside pupils' parents, certain friends, members of extended family and neighbours play vital roles, ranging from re-teaching class work at home to providing guidance for mathematics homework.
Highlights
The home is the first social institution of the child
The outcome of this study reveals a systematic pattern of parents involvement in the mathematics education of their children, at the Middle Basic level in North Bank suburb of Makurdi, Nigeria
This study has attempted to verify the relationship between home involvement and mathematics achievement of pupils across both low and high achieving pupil – categories in North Bank suburb of Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
Summary
The home is the first social institution of the child. It is where the child first learned the essentials of life such as language, relationships and societal norms and values. A child staying hundreds of kilometers from his birth place normally considers the relatives he or she is staying with as family and as such his or her home In this setting, the duties of a parent and a guardian are one and the same. With the cost of schooling skyrocketing across Nigeria, homes that could send their wards to good schools kept pushing for real value while continuously relinquishing their traditional roles as the base of children’s education The outcome of this societal pressure on schools is a lopsided educational system that keeps grappling with monumental challenges, most of which are attributable to the host society. The sure path to growth and success in this regard is a co-ordinated participation beginning with the support of parents and the communities to schools by preventing student absence and motivating students
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