Influence of parental involvement on students academic achievements

The role of parents in children's education globally is a central issue in educationpolicy and research. Due to concerns on how to improve students' academicachievement, the role of parents and family-school partnership are considered amongthe most successful educational strategies. Though research findings indicate thatparents play a significant role in the learning process especially in secondary schools,their direct and indirect influence on academic achievement had not been adequatelystudied in Kenya and specifically in Imenti North Sub County. This study thereforesought to ascertain the influence of parental involvement in school related activitieson students' academic achievement in public day secondary schools in Imenti NorthSub County, Meru County Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey researchdesign. The target population was 3,349 respondents consisting of 3,328 students and21 head teachers in all day secondary schools in the district. The accessible populationwas 735 form 3 students and 21 head teachers from which a sample was selectedusing simple random sampling technique.