Driving Excellence: The Role of Parental Engagement in Shaping Student Success in Secondary Schools

Authors

  • Sumera Batool The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.
  • Marium Ansari The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.
  • Samina Akhtar The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.
  • Ghazala Ismaeel NCBA&E Multan Campus, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8196-2980

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2024.v12i3.2400

Keywords:

Excellence, Parental Engagement, Students, Success, Secondary Schools

Abstract

The current research pursuit's key objective was to analyze parental involvement’s impact on students' academic performance at the secondary level. The descriptive and quantitative research approach was employed to conduct this study. A total of 12987 students made up the population from the public sector secondary schools located in Khanewal, District Multan, South Punjab, Pakistan. The study’s sample was composed of 324 students, including both male and female, selected through a stratified random sampling technique. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequencies, percentages, mean, and standard deviation, and utilizing inferential statistics, Pearson coefficient correlation. The research results discovered that the parents’ involvement in their child's academics, assignments, attendance, and monitoring exhibited good grades and higher educational attainment in the schools. This investigation recommended that educational institutions ought to focus on developing parental involvement to understand the academic challenges and to build a more comfortable environment for better academic success of students in schools.

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Author Biographies

Sumera Batool, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.

M. Phil. Scholar, Department of Education

Marium Ansari, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.

Lecturer, Department of Education

Samina Akhtar, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.

Assistant Professor, Department of Education

Ghazala Ismaeel, NCBA&E Multan Campus, Pakistan.

Lecturer, Department of Education

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Published

2024-08-12

How to Cite

Batool, S., Ansari, M., Akhtar, S., & Ismaeel, G. (2024). Driving Excellence: The Role of Parental Engagement in Shaping Student Success in Secondary Schools. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(3), 2303–2312. https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2024.v12i3.2400