Education is a lasting process. Academic performance in primary education plays a crucial role in obtaining further educational opportunities. Thus, it is necessary for parents to be involved in their children’s academic achievement from an early stage.
Education is the basic tool for enhancing the population quality of a nation, and education during childhood is the foundation for building great leaders in a nation.
The basic thing as a parent is to choose a good educational institution for your child. A school that has sound teaching values, good curriculum and good values. The quality of a school you choose for your child affects their achievements and growth from the early stage
In fact, not only that the school quality may affect students’ academic achievement during education, but also the ways and abilities of the participation of parents in their children’s education may directly affect the child’s academic achievement.
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Parent involvement in schools has traditionally been carried out by mothers. Yet boys and girls need positive, male role models. When fathers take an active role in education, schools report an increase in student achievement.
Schools need to encourage active involvement of both parents in the child’s education. Active involvement with their child at home is a form of participation. Maintaining an open, sensitive parent-child relationship will have a positive impact on the child’s growth.
There are many ways to participate in the child’s education:
• Telling childhood stories
• Reading with their child
• Modeling reading behaviors
• Using the library
• Playing games and/or sports
• Taking the child on outings to a park, zoo, museum, and/or participate in cultural activities.
• Completing routine jobs together
• Teaching the child a skill
• Watching educational television
• Having a weekly family night
• Modeling perseverance
• Exploring interests
• Eating family meals together and encourage discussion. During the meal, have each family member tell about the best thing that happened to them that day or an important thing they learned.
• Most of all, express love and pleasure in being with your child.
It takes time and planning to nurture and encourage parent support. The school needs resources, systems and structures to create a system of care and education that involves parents.
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