The relationship between the role played by parents in planning for school activities and academic performance in Kumi district. A cross-sectional study.

LOYCE MARY AJALO; MUHAMAD  SSENDAGI

doi:10.70572/agp.v2i10.99

The relationship between the role played by parents in planning for school activities and academic performance in Kumi district. A cross-sectional study.

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Loyce Mary Ajalo Team University P.O Box 8128 MENGO RUBAGA, KAMPALA, UGANDA
Dr. Muhammad Ssendagi School of Graduate Studies and Research, Team University, Kampala-Uganda

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https://doi.org/10.70572/agp.v2i10.99

Keywords:

Role Played by Parents, Planning for School Activities, Academic Performance, Kumi District

Abstract

Background

The relationship between the role played by parents in planning school activities and academic performance is a significant area of interest in educational research and practice. The study aimed to establish the relationship between the role played by parents in the planning of school activities and academic performance in selected Universal Secondary Education Schools in Kumi District.

Methodology

The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design and involved students, teachers, parents, and administrators. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected, analyzed, interpreted, and presented.

Results

158 respondents participated in this study, 66 (41.8%) were males, 92 (58.2%) were females, staff was 74(46%) were staff, 34% (54) were students, 20(13%) were PTA and 10(7%) were administrators. The findings of the study were that parental involvement in school planning has not been fully realized, and parents have not been adequately involved in the financing of school activities, which has led to financial resource constraints and, consequently, impinged the student’s academic performance. It was also established that parents’ involvement in students’ discipline has not affected academic performance in Kumi District.

Conclusion

It was, therefore, concluded that parental involvement in the management of school discipline should be complemented with participation in planning/management and financing of the school if good academic performance is to be realized.

Recommendations

The need for government to make a policy on the specific roles parents should play in school management, the government should increase funding for USE program managers of Kumi District devise non-tuition-related means of financing the school and the focus should not be on discipline alone but the also other variables like quality of students at the point of entry in senior one, quality of teaching, internal efficiency of the school and staff motivation.

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2025-10-19

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AJALO, L. M., & SSENDAGI , M. (2025). The relationship between the role played by parents in planning for school activities and academic performance in Kumi district. A cross-sectional study. AfroGlobal Perspectives, 2(10), 10. https://doi.org/10.70572/agp.v2i10.99

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Vol. 2 No. 10 (2025): October 2025 issue

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