Influence Of Family Size On Parental Involvement In Public Pre-School Education In Turbo Division Kenya

Abstract Parents are the prime educators of their children at infancy stage till they attend pre-school. They remain a major influence on their childrens learning through their early years school and beyond. Therefore their involvement in pre-school learning is very vital since it determines the kind of foundation accorded to the child for future learning. Descriptive survey design was used in this study. The 760 parents and 63 teachers of the pre-school pupils who reside in Turbo division formed the study population. Stratified sampling technique was used to select 19 pre-school centres out of 63. Simple random sampling was used to select 228 out of 760 parents and purposive sampling was used to select 19 Pre-school teachers out of 63.The data was collected using researcher administered questionnaires and interview schedules. Descriptive statistical techniques were used to analyze quantitative data and these include frequencies percentages means and standard deviations. The findings were presented in bar graphs pie charts and tables. Qualitative data were analyzed using selective coding of common themes and concepts and presented by basing on the objectives of the study. The study found that family income has an influence on parental involvement in public pre-schools. The study concludes that parental involvement does not only mean paying of school fees or buying of school uniforms but it involves attending parents meetings encouraging of children to work hard in school and most importantly assisting children in doing their homework and regularly checking books of their children.