IMPACT OF PARENTAL STATUS AND COMPETENCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This paper examined how parents affected the academic achievement of secondary-school learners in Quetta District of Balochistan through their different dimensions such as the socioeconomic status, religious orientation, affective well-being and social, moral as well as academic competence. The researcher used a purposive, non-probability design sampling 686 students who were selected with the quantitative research methodology. The survey resulted into 670 completed responses, which is equivalent to 97.7 per cent response. The results show that quality of parental economic conditions, the religious beliefs, superior emotional health, and better social & moral skills are positively linked with better academic performance. Though, parental academic competence has the lowest correlation, but it still is a statistically significant predictor of student success. The overall analysis shows that the factors of parents studied are all interconnected with the results of students, but the social and moral competencies have the largest influence. An initial inferential test showed that there are clear performance gradients in all the parental indicators. The findings conclude that it is essential to incorporate multifactorial parental involvement in refining performance of secondary-school students.