A Correlational Study to Assess the Parental Involvement and Academic Performance of School Children in Selected School of Bagalkot with a View to Develop an Information Booklet

Aim: The aims of study are as follows: (1) To assess the parental involvement for academic performance of their children in selected school of Bagalkot. (2) To assess the academic performance of school children in selected school of Bagalkot. (3) To find out the correlation between parental involvement and academic performance of school children in selected school of Bagalkot. (4) To find out the association between parental involvement and academic performance of school children with their selected socio - demographic variables. Method and Material: Descriptive co - relation design was used. The sample size was 100 school children and their parents. The Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to select study participants. Interview method was used to collect the data by using Liker?s scale & rating scale respectively. Analysis of data is done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The result of the study showed a significant association found between type of family and parental involvement (?2 = 9.99) P less than 0.05. There was a significant positive correlation between parental involvement and academic performance of their children P less than 0.05. The r value obtained was 0.80. Hence, the correlation between the two variables is found statistically significant. Conclusion: After obtaining the results of the present study the researcher noticed that there is positive correlation between parental involvement and academic performance of children.