Practices and Gaps of Involvement of Parents/Guardians with poor Economic Status and Well-to-do Families in Children's Education: The case of Aman primary school
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2020-06
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This study aims to investigate the level of parental/guardians involvement in children education
in Aman primary school Situated in Bench-Sheko zone in Southern Nations Nationalities and
peoples Region. Mixed research approach particularly explanatory sequential design was
employed for the conduct of the study. Of the total of 151 samples (male=73, female=78), 140
parents: 70 from low income families were selected by purposive sampling and 70 from well-to-
do families were selected by simple random sampling. In addition, 10 regular teachers and 1
member of PTSA of the school were selected by purposive sampling.. Accordingly, adapted
questionnaire and semi-structured interview was employed to collect data. Descriptive and
inferential statistics were employed to generate meaning out of the collected data.
The findings of this research revealed that parents from low economic status involved less in
children education than parents from well-to-do families. In addition, the status of monthly
income of parents/guardians has produced significant difference in academic achievement of
students among well-to-do and low-income families. The result of independent sample t-test
indicated that there is significant difference in the academic performance of children from well-
to-do and low income families. Therefore, schools are required to enhance their commitment in
collaboration with the Ministry of Education and other relevant stakeholders to promote
parenting in the education system of the country regardless of the existing economic status
difference among families of students
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Parents/guardians, parental involvement, low income, typologies in parental involvement