Background of the Study

Parents’ involvement can take many forms, such as parents’ becoming informed about

their child’s school program; communicating regularly with teachers; understanding their

child’s strengths, needs, and progress; helping with homework; attending parent-teacher

conferences and other school functions; and volunteering in the classroom.

Parent’s involvement has always been an essential component of every teacher-

student-school academic endeavor. Parents, who have been considered as one of the

stakeholders of the school community, play tremendous roles in the child’s educational and

environmental transformation; thus, the intensity or extent of participation that parents have

in their child’s education and school, more often, have to be realized.

Many parents, whose children are currently enrolled in a particular school, are

concerned and actively involved in their child’s development in school. They attend to their

child’s needs like assisting them in their homework, getting involved in making their

requirements and even communicating to the teachers about their child’s performance in

school. Sadly, there are also some parents who do not show some concerns about their child’s

learning in school. They don’t even attend parent-teacher conference in school, not even

once. As a result, they do not have the idea about their child’s status in the classroom which

is very important factor that can contribute to their child’s development.

Parent-teacher partnership makes tremendous impact on children's education.

According to Llamas and Tuazon (2016:59) parents become comfortable when the education

system requires their involvement in school activities. The strong collaboration of parents

with school authorities can lead to increased improvement in both physical and academic
performance of the school. Hence, school administrators have to encourage parents to get

involved and make contribution towards helping the school achieve its missions and goals

(Sapungan & Sapungan, 2014:45)

This study seeks to find out the extent of parent’s involvement in school activities that

could affect the academic performance of Grade 3 pupils.

Statement of the problem

This study aims to determine the effect of parent’s involvement on the academic

performance of grade 3 pupils in Calabasa Elementary School.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions:

1. What is the extent of parent’s involvement on the academic performance of Grade

three pupils in Calabasa Elementary School?

2. What is the academic performance of Grade 3 pupils?

3. Is there any significant effect on the extent of parent’s involvement on the academic

performance of the Grade three pupils in Calabasa Elementary School?

Objectives

There were three primarily objectives of this study:

1. To determine the extent of parent’s involvement on the academic performance of

Grade three pupils.

2. To determine the academic performance of Grade 3 pupils.

3. To determine the significant difference on the extent of parent’s involvement on

the academic performance of the Grade three pupils.

 Significance of the study

More specifically, this study will be particularly useful to the four major stakeholders

in education: the parents, students, teachers and administrators. Being the primary educator,

this study will highlight ways in which parents can better support their child and the school,

considering all the barriers, and build a healthy and productive relationship with the school

and their child’s teacher.

Scope and delimination of the study

The study focused on the effect of parent’s involvement on the academic performance

of Grade three pupils in Calabasa Elementary School. The respondents of the study are the 43

parents of Grade three pupils in Calabasa Elementary School.