Correlation of parental involvement to students’ academic achievement: a quantitative study on government primary schools in Chattogram, Bangladesh

Abstract

This quantitative study was conducted to find out the correlation between parental involvement and students’ academic achievement. The participants were parents of government primary schools in the rural areas of Chattogram, Bangladesh. A quantitative structured survey was conducted to collect data in order to find out the correlation. 45 participants were randomly selected and data were collected through physical and digital communication platforms. All of the data was inputted and analyzed through ‘Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPPS)’ software. Significantly, this was illustrated from this research that, factors like parents’ engagement, teachers’ relation with parents, parents’ participation in extracurricular activities and parents’ contribution in school improvement discussion were positively connected with students’ academic achievements. The result of this study found that parental involvement is positively correlated with students’ academic achievement.