Leveraging parental involvement in the education of their children as a conflict resolution strategy in selected secondary schools, Zambia.
Date
2020-07
Authors
Muleya, Gistered
Mwase, Daliso
Simuyaba, Eunifridah
Mwewa, Godfrey
Simui, Francis
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Publisher
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume IV, Issue VII
Abstract
This study explored parental involvement in the
education of their children as a conflict resolution strategy in the
Kafue district of Lusaka province in Zambia. 28 participants
were purposively engaged within a qualitative research
methodology to generate evidence. Key among the findings
revealed that factors that affected parents’ involvement in
education of their children at school were negative attitude, lack
of understanding and financial constraints. Similarly, when
school authorities are not communicating effectively with
parents, it created a vacuum of information which all
stakeholders needed. A challenge in some situation was distance,
sometimes distance becomes a hindrance for parents to
participate in the affairs of the school. Distance to the school was
one other contributing factor that affected parents’ involvement
in education of their school going children. Thus, the study
recommends among others that, Parents should provide their
children with basic needs such as food, shelter and clothes,
learning materials like exercises books adequate academic and
moral attention, unconditional love and the opportunity to
develop responsible citizenship. Equally, Teacher should
demonstrate friendliness, respect and recognition of parents of
students registered in secondary schools in order to encourage
them to get involved in school activities. Further, Education
policy makers are urged to develop a parental involvement policy
in secondary schools to guide practice.
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Keywords
Parental involvement. , Children. , Education. , Conflict resolution. ,