JOURNAL OF EDUCATION (EKSUJOE)

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN CHEMISTRY IN ATIBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE

Abstract

This study examined parental involvement and secondary school students’ academic achievement in chemistry within the Atiba Local Government Area of Oyo State. Expo facto of survey research design was adopted for this study. A total number of 100 students participated in this study usingrandom sampling technique. The instruments used were Parental Involvement Questionnaire, Home Environment Questionnaire (r= 0.78) and Chemistry Achievement Test (r=0.89). Pearson‘s product moment correlation and Multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The result of findings showed that the relationship between parental involvement and students’ achievement in chemistry is significant and not very weak (r=0.429; p<0.05). The result of findings revealed that the variable used in this research was found to significantly contribute to students’ achievement in chemistry (F _(5,499) =39.237 at p<0.05. It was also found that parental involvement and home environment (β=4.41; p<.05) jointly contributed to students’ achievement in chemistry. This study recommended that the government, teachers, students, parents and other stakeholders should consider parental involvement and home environment in teaching and learning process to improve learning outcomes.