Factors contributing to low parental involvement in education at Adventist Preparatory School, Aboso, Ghana.

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.