Parent involvement with reference to gender, area and types of school

Abstract

Aim of the research is to find out the Parent involvement among students of secondary and higher secondary school. Investigator selected 240 subjects for this study, subtracting the subject with incomplete information. 120 from urban area and 120 Rural areas’ school students has selected, in every group 60 student from secondary and 60 from higher secondary school in which 30 male students and 30 female students has selected. Samples were taken from schools of Surat city and district – rural area. Scale was use for Data collection is Personal Data sheet and Parent Involvement Scale developed by Vijay Laxmi Chauhan & Gunjan Ganotra Arora. (2009), 2 x 2 x 2 factorial Design was used and data were analysis by F test .Result show, Gender had significant Impact on parent involvement, male students has higher Involvement of parents, There was significant impact on parent involvement between Urban area and Rural area, urban area had Higher parent involvement then rural area. Types of school (secondary and higher secondary) had no Impact on Parent Involvement. Gender, Area, and Types of school had significant Interactive effect on Parent Involvement.