SUBMIT ARTICLE
ISSN: 2782- 893X
eISSN: 2799-0664

Socio-Economic Status and Support of Parents in Relation to the Performance of Kindergarten Pupils

IJAMS Publisher

AUTHOR(S)

Maria Theresa D. Toring



ABSTRACT

The study aimed to determine the significant relationship between the socioeconomic status of parents, parental involvement, and performance of kindergarten pupils. Utilizing the descriptive-correlational research design for an in-depth analysis of the study, the researcher used the researcher-made survey on the socio-economic status of parents, which includes age, highest educational attainment, monthly income, and occupation was used. Moreover, a survey on parental involvement used by Almerino (1) in her study on Parental Involvement and the Academic Performance of the Grade V Pupils in Distance Learning Modality and the 3rd Quarter Assessment result in the modules of the kindergarten pupils. Simple Percentage, Weighted Mean and Chi-Square were the statistical tools used. The researcher found out that most of the parents are young with age range from 31-40, all of them can attend school from elementary level to being a college graduate, their monthly income ranges from 5,000.00 to 10,999.99 and most of the fathers have occupation while the mothers are mostly housewife. The data also revealed that the extent of parental involvement is very high, and performance of kindergarten pupils are very good. It was revealed in this study that there is a significant relationship between the parental involvement and performance of kindergarten pupils. Thus, this study concluded that parental involvement greatly affects the performance of the pupils even during this time of pandemic.