Vol. 12, Issue 1 (2023)

Author(s):
Liza Kalita and Manjula Patil

Abstract:
Parental involvement is the level of involvement parents have in their childs’ life events especially education. Their close bonds and personal investments of parents in their children’s education boost their academic performance. Parents' educational backgrounds are one of influencing factor of the extent of parental support for schooling to face the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study was conducted at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad with an aim to study the status of parental involvement among the secondary school students and the influence of parental education on parental involvement during the COVID-19. The total sample comprised of 180 urban and rural adolescents (90 from Dharwad taluk of Karnataka and 90 from Hajo taluk of Assam) aged between 15-18 years from private secondary schools. The Parental Involvement Scale developed by Chouhan and Ganotra (2001) was used to assess involvement of parents of adolescents. Case reports were collected to explore the perspectives of the effect of COVID-19 on parental involvement of adolescents. The study results revealed that majority of the urban and rural adolescents of Dharwad had high level of parental involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parent’s education was significantly correlated with parental involvement among the urban adolescents of Dharwad as well as Hajo. The t-test analysis revealed significant mean differences among the urban adolescents of Dharwad with different levels of father’s education and among the urban and rural adolescents of Hajo with different levels of mother’s education. To be prepared for further unprecedented pandemic or lockdowns, educational institutes must consider the potential of parents, conduct regular meet ups with them and make them aware of the repercussion of negligence of their children’s education.