Abstract:
This study investigated factors contributing to low parental involvement in education
at Adventist Preparatory School, Aboso, Ghana. Descriptive research design with a
purposive sampling size of 50 respondents. Questionnaires were used to collect data,
frequency units, and percentages were used to analyze the data. The study revealed
that most parents are aware of various ways to be involved in their children’s
education while some do not see the importance of parental involvement in education.
Also, insufficient evaluation of parental involvement programs by the school,
inadequate policies supporting parental involvement, Lack of education or knowledge
about parental involvement, Limited time due to work schedules, ineffective
communication from teachers and administrators to parents, and Lack of information
about school activities were factors contributing to low parental involvement in
education. Flexible meeting schedules by the school management, regular parentteacher
communication, regular surveys of feedback from parents, creating parental
group support for parents, Parental involvement in policy-making, regular parentteacher
meetings, and building friendly parent-teacher relationships can help improve
the effectiveness of parental involvement in education among parents at Adventist
preparatory school. The study reveals that much responsibility by the school is to be
played to enable these measures to work. It was recommended that administrators and
management of the school should implement the measures.
Description:
A Project Report in the Department of Educational Foundations,
School of Education and Life Long Learning, Submitted to the School
of Graduate Studies, in partial fulfillment
of the requirement for the award of the degree of
Post Graduate Diploma
(Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
