A study on parental involvement and student's academic achievement : at the secondary level in Gilgit-Baltistan

Parental involvement and its impacts on academic achievement is an interesting debate among educationists. So this study was planned which intended to find out the relationship between parental involvement and students’ academic achievement. A mixed-method research design was used to execute the research. To achieve the objectives of the study all the students of secondary schools in ilgit-Baltistan and their parents were treated as a population of the study. The study was delimited to District Skardu. The researcher used a multi-stage sampling technique and selected 214 students of the 9th class from 12 secondary schools in Gilgit-Baltistan. Parents of selected students were also interviewed. The tools for the data collection were a questionnaire and interviews. The questionnaire consisted of 28 positive statements regarding parental involvement. The responses to the questionnaire were analyzed through Pearson Moment Product Correlation. The researcher found a significant positive relationship between parental involvement and students’ academic achievement. The outcomes of parents’ responses represented that parents of secondary school children help their children by providing them with a suitable home environment and by providing them with educational facilities. Illiteracy was found as the main obstacle which avoids parental involvement. Children’s Academic achievement increases when parents are involved in their children. It is recommended that future studies may be planned to research those students who belong to broken families, single parents, and step-parents, and their impact on the academic achievement of their step-sons or daughters