Enhancing parental involvement in education at uMkhanyakude district
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2025
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University of Zululand
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study aimed to enhance parental involvement in education. Parental involvement in a learner’s education level perplexed other stakeholders concerning whether parents understood their role. It had become a burning issue for educators, circuit officials and School Management Teams as they struggled to involve parents effectively in the teaching and learning process. Studies showed that parents usually blamed the teachers for the inferior performance of learners. The interpretivism paradigm was employed in this study to deepen the understanding of the problem through the eyes of the participants rather than the researcher. Twenty-five participants were sampled using non-probability sampling. A semi-structured interviews were conducted with the five selected participants and five focus groups with oral interviews recorded on audio tape for analysis. Data revealed the urgent need for capacitating stakeholders and parents were expected to play a key role in ensuring the effectiveness of educational involvement. Observations were conducted during parent meetings. Findings revealed three major themes that there were issues that affected the enhancement of parental involvement like perceptions, attitudes, and feelings. Second was the identification of challenges that curb supervision and when properly administered could benefit education. The third finding was the identification of strategies that could encourage parental involvement. Engagement could enhance the promotion of largest parental participation in teaching and learning in schools. The study concluded that parental participation in learner’s education was still a problem in schools. In conclusion, the study recommended that the South African Department of Education should develop a guide for parental involvement in schools
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Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in the Department of Educational Foundations and Management at the University of Zululand, South Africa [2025].