Perception of Elementary School Students about their Parent Involvement at Home and School

Parental involvement is an integral part of students’ school life. The concept of parental involvement emphasizes the parents’ responsibility for helping and promoting students’ success in school. This study aimed to identify the perception of elementary school students about their parent involvement at home and school. This quantitative investigation was based on a descriptive research design. All the students of public and private schools of Lahore city were the population of the study. Sample of 300 (male 137 and female 163) students was selected by using multi stage random sampling technique. Self-developed and validated questionnaire Parent Involvement at Home and School (PIHAM) consisted of 30 items was used for data collection. The Cronbach's alpha of the scale was α=.86. Data were analyzed by applying descriptive (Mean & Standard deviation) and independent sample t-test. Results of the study revealed that majority of the elementary school students perceive that their parents were involved in their academic affairs and parents’ qualification is a dominant factor of parent involvement at school and home. Parents are more involved in boy students’ academic affairs at home and school than the girl students. Moreover, parents are more involved in the academic matters of the students of class 6th than the studentsof class 8th.Keywords: Parent involvement, home and school, elementary school students