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In 2020,the school-age population, defined as those aged 4-17, accounted for 36.

4% of
the total population in 2020. The primary school-going population was the largest within
this age group, representing 21.1% of the total population.
Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) is a major indicator of quality education.. The Pupil Teacher
Ratio (PTR) for public primary schools was 41:1 in 2020. In the private schools
category, the ratio was 23:1.
Table 1.1
Table below provides insights into the frequency and impact of parental involvement in
education.We reached out to about 40 parents.

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT RESPONSES PERCENTAGE(%)

1 Never 8 20%

2 Occasionally 25 62.5%

3 Often(2 to 3) 3 7.5%

4 Always 4 10%

Parental involvement data showed that 20% are never involved ,62.5% are occasionally
involved and a lower percentage of 7.5% are often involved.
Kenyan studies often define parental involvement as encompassing various activities, including
attending school events, helping with homework, and communicating with teachers.From the
data above and research we had done 62.5% of parents are involved in doing tasks with their
children.On the other side of parents not being involved we had a high percentage of 20% which
is very alarming .
On average most parents use about 5 to 6 hours a week to assist their children on issues
concerning their homeworks and assignments.This shows that 1 hour per day is a bit low but
this is due to parents being busy with work.
Most parents in our study were from middle income level meaning that their financial ability was
low .Low financial ability means that parents may lack the resources needed to help the
students .
Around 25 parents touched on the challenge of new content , whereby they find it difficult to
answer some questions posed by their students, thus making it challenging for them to assist
their students.

We talked to 10 teachers around the school who taught from grade 4 to 6 .


Table 1.2 below shows a summary of the data

TEACHER INVOLVEMENT RESPONSES PARENT


PERFORMANCE
(1-5)

1 Rarely 2 1

2 Weekly 1 3

3 Monthly 3 3

4 Occasionally 4 4

From our research we found the following findings:


1.Most of the teachers do teach ages of 8 to 12 years.This age is made up of the junior
secondary.
2.Most of the teachers encourage parental involvement by talking to the parents directly or
involving them in meetings whereby they analyze the students performance and provide needed
advice in improving students performance.Furthermore, the teachers believe that parental
involvement is key in enhancing students performance.
3.The main challenges teachers are facing in involving parents were dealing with rude parents
who didn't bother to come and check on their students, parents denying to contribute cash
towards class projects and group works and unavailability of some parents who just send their
friends and relatives to come look at students reports thus limiting the effectiveness of the
clinics/meetings.

We reached about 80 students within the school and out of the school environment.
From the questionnaire and survey we had done , 70% of students agreed that they are
involved with their parenting on revising and doing homework.We discovered that most are
assisted by one particular parent who is their mother since they are close to them as compared
to their fathers.
25% of the students are rarely assisted by their parents citing reasons such as parents having
too much work hence unable to help them.
5% of the students are not assisted at all by their parents which we found that the parents
lacked interest or didn't know the content since some are illiterate.
Parental help also adds morale to the students thus boosting their performance and
creativity.80% the students did acknowledge that their parents provide necessary resources
that are needed.

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