Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to explore parental support towards their children education
at Betinko D/A Basic School. The study addressed the following research questions: to
what extent do parent’s support their children to do their homework, to what degree do
parents assists their children materially and to what extent do parents support their
children financially. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. Cross
sectional survey with closed ended questionnaire were used to collect data from 87
parents. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data with a total reliability of
0.801 cronbach alpha. The result of the study revealed that majority 61(69.10%) of the
parents do not support their children’s homework. In addition, it came out from the study
that 78(90.10%) of the respondents do not provide material support to their children’s
education. It was again revealed that as many as 71(78.60%) respondents do not support
their children financially. Based on the findings, it was recommended that School heads
should organize termly PTA meetings to create Parents awareness of the need to support
their wards. It was again recommended that parents should be encouraged to support the
efforts of the government in the provision of educational needs. It was lastly
recommended that information center in the study area should advice parents the need for
them to be responsible on their children’s education.
Description:
A Project Report in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of
Education and Communication Sciences submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
AUGUST, 2016