A Study of Academic Achievement in Relation to Parental Involvement, Gender and Community among Senior Secondary School Students

The present study is an endeavor to investigate the effect of parental involvement in the academic achievement of their children. A total sample of 140 students (boys and girls) of 12^th Class of Hindi medium senior secondary schools of Moradabad city was randomly selected. A five point Likertscale developed by Dr. Vijay Laxmi Chauhan and Mrs. Ganotra Arora (2009) was used to collect from the samples. The result of the study explored the fact that parental involvement had a significant and positive impact on the academic achievement of the students. The findings of the study can be taken as instructive and explanatory notes and adequately support the idea that parental involvement and academic achievement of the students has a positive and significant relationship, therefore, schools should exercise and execute strong strategies to enhance parental engrossment in their children's learning.