Family Involvement and Its Impact on Students' Achievement

Family is a key factor in the education and training of a child and its role at the early school days is very important for the overall educational development of a child, therefore, the study aimed at the exploration of family’s role in the education of children and its impact on the achievement of children at the primary level. Generally, it has been observed that families do not shoulder the responsibility of educating their young ones and expect too much from teachers and schools in this regard. Therefore, the researchers tried to find out the role of family involvement in educating, training and developing students abilities at the primary level. The population of the study was all the teachers and parents of the 1270 primary schools of District swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A sample of 80 respondents i.e. 40 teachers and 40 parents was selected from 20 primary schools i.e. 10 public and 10 private sector schools through stratified random sampling technique. The data was collected through self administered questionnaires regarding all the aspect of the study. The study brought into light that family involvement in early life is the foundation of sound personality development and overall educational success of children in the future life and children with strong family support were able to have balanced development of their basic skills and potentialities at their primary level of education. Procedures for improving family involvement and areas for further research were identified.