Role of Parents in primary Education Tribal area of District Kangra of Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

Abstract This study aims to identify the types and strategies of parent’s involvement and its implication on the students’ academic performance. Parents involvement (PI) was based on three types, namely the involvement of parents with their children, involvement of parents with teachers and parents involved with the school’s Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). This study was conducted in a National-Type (Himachal Pradesh) primary school in tribal area of district Kangra, with respondents of 180 students’ parents or guardians of the high academic achievers. The study uses questionnaire and also supporting documents as research instrument. Findings from the descriptive analysis indicates that the involvement of parents with their children shows mean value of 3.33, the involvement of parents with teachers shows the value of 2.66 and parental involvement with the school’s PTA shows the value of 2.56. The study also found that such parental involvement is likely to have positive impact on their children’s educational achievement. Keywords: parental involvement, educational achievement, primary school, parenting.