An Exploratory Study On Parent’s Involvement in Students Academic Activities at Secondary School Level in District Quetta, Balochistan:
Keywords:
Parents, Pupil, Academic, Secondary level, Career, Teachers, Schools, EducationAbstract
There is no denying the fact that the role of the parents in deciding
the future of a person is paramount and the parents being the closest
to their children are the only ones who know the strengths and
weaknesses of their children, thus, they are the best sources to guide
to them toward a coherent path to attain their destination. This
research is mainly focused on the role of parents in pupil academic
activities in secondary level courses and for this purpose, the
researcher had designed a questionnaire containing 150 respondents.
The tables given below contain the responses of the respondents which
were then put through the SPSS for more refined and reliable results.
Given this factor, the results of the tables prove that the parents in
Quetta do care about the education of their children and they maintain
a check on the activities of their children which helps them understand
the nature and interests of the children.
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