THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Project – THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Parental involvement, defined as motivated parental attitudes and behaviours intended to effect children’s educational well-being. It is a multidimensional and bi-directional construct (Christenson, 2004; Fantuzzo, Tighe,…