PARENTING STYLES AND STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN SELECTED PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BUKOOMA SUBCOUNTY IN LUUKA DISTRICT, UGANDA.

Table of Contents

Declaration

Approval

Dedication

Acknowledgement iv

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Abstract

Chapter One 1

1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background; 1

1.1.1 Historical Perspective 1

1.1.2 Theoretical Perspective 2

1.1.3 Conceptual Perspective 3

1.1.4 Contextual Perspective 4

1.2 Statement of the Problem 5

1.3 Purpose

1.4 Objectives 5

1.5 Research Questions 6

1.6 The Scope 6

1.7 Significance of the Study 6

ChapterTwo 7

Literature Review 7

2.0 Introduction 7

2.1 Theoretical Review 7

2.2 Conceptual Framework 8

2.3 Related Literature 8

2.3.1 Parents’ participation in school meetings and students’ academic achievement in public secondary school 9

2.3.2 Parents’ payment of facilitation fees and students’ academic achievement in public secondary schools

2.3.3 Parents’ provision of scholastic materials and students’ academic achievement in public secondary schools 13

Chapter Three 15

Methodology 15

3.0 Introduction

3.1 Design

3.2 Population 15

3.3 Sample Size

3.5 Research Instruments 17

3.5.1 Questionnaire 17

3.5.2 Interview guide 17

3.5.3 Quality of Instruments 17

3.5.3.1 Validity 17

3.5.3.2 Reliability 18

3.6 Procedure 18

3.7 Data Analysis 18

3.8 Ethical Considerations 18

Chapter Four 20

4.0 Introduction 20

4.1 Section One: Bio data 20

4.2 Section Two: Perceptions on the school achievement and factors that are responsible for the achievement 22

4.3 Section Three: Research questions 23

4.3.1 How does parents’ participation in school meetings influence the academic performance of students? 23

4.3.2 How does the payment of facilitation fee boost students’ academic achievement? 27

4.3.3 What change does the provision of scholastic materials have on the student academic achievement? 31

Chapter Five 38

5.0 Introduction 38

5.1 Discussion .38

5.1.1 Investigate the influence of parents’ participation in school meetings onto the students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in luuka District 38

5.1.2 Parents’ payment of facilitation fee and students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in luuka District 40

5.1.3 The influence of parents’ provision of scholastic materials on the students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in luuka District 41

5.2 Conclusions 42

5.3 Recommendations 42

5.4 Areas for further research 43

References 43

APPENDIX: RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY 47

Appendix 1: A questionnaire for Head teachers on Parental styles and Students’ Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in luuka District, Uganda 48

Appendix 3: A questionnaire for students on Parental styles and Students’ Academic achievement in Secondary Schools in luuka District, Uganda 55

Appendix 4: Interview guide for Ministry of Education and Sports Officials on Parental styles and Students’ Academic achievement in Secondary Schools in luuka District, Uganda 58

Abstract 

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of parental styles on students’ academic achievement in public secondary schools in Luuka District, Eastern Uganda. The objectives that guided the study were; to investigate the relationship between parents’ participation in school meetings and students’ academic achievement , to assess how parents’ payment of facilitation fee influences students’ academic achievement, to examine the influence of parents ‘provision of scholastic materials on students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in Luuka District. The study was designed as cross sectional survey based on both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The population sample was around four hundred sixty three respondents (Head teachers, deputy head teachers, Board of Governors, teachers, students and Ministry of Education Officials), The sampling techniques used were simple random sampling. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics, The findings of the study were; parents did not attend meetings effectively and this affected the students’ achievement, students’ facilitation fee was not paid on time hence affecting the students’ achievement and parents did not equip the students with relevant or enough teaching and learning materials. In conclusions there was minimal parental support towards the students’ academic achievement in the areas of attending school meetings, paying facilitation fee and provision of learning and teaching materials. The recommendations of the study was; that there should be strict measures from the government and Board of governors on to parents who seem not support their children, design boosting and intergenerational educative programs that help parents to participate in school like having a day parents too, sit in class with students.