ASSESSMENT OF PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDREN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IN ILORIN SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2017
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Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria
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The study assessed the level of parents’ involvement in children school activities in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. Three research questions were raised to guide this study. The descriptive survey design was used in the study. Two hundred and seventeen (217) parents were randomly selected to participate in the study. A questionnaire titled “Parents’ Involvement in Children School Activities (PICSA)” (r = 0.81) using Crombach Alpha was used to gather data for the study. The descriptive statistics involving the use of frequency counts and simple percentage were used to analyze the data collected. Findings revealed that the level of parents’ involvement is low in children’s homework and project assignment was low. Also, their involvement in school extra- curricular activities as well as in their children’s classroom activities were equally low. Based on the findings, training, workshops and seminars for parents by school owners, government and relevant agencies on the benefits of parents’ involvement in children’s school activities as well as continuous training of teachers on the strategies of involving parents in school programmes were recommended.
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Teachers’ assessment, Parents’ involvement, Children school activities