Parental involvement in learners’ education in secondary schools in the Erongo region of Namibia

This study aimed to investigate parental involvement in learners’ education in secondary schools in the Erongo region of Namibia. The Namibian Education Act, 16 of 2001, was promulgated to ensure, among others, democracy in education through the active involvement of all stakeholders in the decision-making processes in schools. However, the involvement of parents as key stakeholders has been limited. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate parental involvement in learners’ education at secondary schools in the Erongo region of Namibia. A qualitative case study design was used for this study. The population is comprised of parents, principals and teachers of six secondary schools in the Erongo region. Stratified purposive and purposive random sampling methods were used to select the sample. Interview guides were used as data collection instruments. The overall finding was that the extent of parental involvement in their children's education at secondary school was very minimal due to many factors, such as the poor educational background of parents. Other challenges were inadequate capacity building for parents, language barrier, and lack of understanding of educational matters on the part of the parents. These made it difficult for parents to make valuable contributions to their children's education in secondary schools. There is a need to equip parents with the necessary skills to partake actively in their children's education at the secondary school level. The study further recommends: that the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture should devise a training policy for school board members to ensure parents are kept abreast of the dynamics of education, and are actively involved in the education of their children and can be held accountable to some extent for the learning outcomes of their children.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Namibia

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Nghipandulwa, Ndemutekonghedi Penehafo

• Parental involvement
• School board

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11070/3697

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.unam.edu.na:11070/3697