Practices And Gaps Of Involvement Of Parentsguardians With Poor Economic Status And Well-to-do Families In Childrens Education The Case Of Aman Primary School
This study aims to investigate the level of parental/guardians involvement in children educationrnin Aman primary school Situated in Bench-Sheko zone in Southern Nations Nationalities andrnpeoples Region. Mixed research approach particularly explanatory sequential design wasrnemployed for the conduct of the study. Of the total of 151 samples (male=73, female=78), 140rnparents: 70 from low income families were selected by purposive sampling and 70 from well-to-rndo families were selected by simple random sampling. In addition, 10 regular teachers and 1rnmember of PTSA of the school were selected by purposive sampling.. Accordingly, adaptedrnquestionnaire and semi-structured interview was employed to collect data. Descriptive andrninferential statistics were employed to generate meaning out of the collected data.rnThe findings of this research revealed that parents from low economic status involved less inrnchildren education than parents from well-to-do families. In addition, the status of monthlyrnincome of parents/guardians has produced significant difference in academic achievement ofrnstudents among well-to-do and low-income families. The result of independent sample t-testrnindicated that there is significant difference in the academic performance of children from well-rnto-do and low income families. Therefore, schools are required to enhance their commitment inrncollaboration with the Ministry of Education and other relevant stakeholders to promoternparenting in the education system of the country regardless of the existing economic statusrndifference among families of students