ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AS RELATED TO PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Motivation has long been considered by psychologis ts and educators as important factor that affects the students learning and achievement. It is a common contention that adaptive motivational orientations facilitate learning and maladapted ones impede it. The term motivation is derived from the Latin word “Morex” or “Motum” which means to more motor of motor. It is a move towards set goals. Therefore, motivation is a force, which energizes the behaviour of learners. Thus Achievement Motivation is also referred to as the need for achievement and is a wish t o do well. It refers to the behaviour of an individual, who strive to accomplish something to do his best, to excel others in performance. By Parental Involvement we mean the amount of participation as parent has when it comes to schooling of her child’s l ife. It is the participation of parents in every facet of children’s education and development from birth of adulthood, Parent Involvement has a sound research base attesting to the many potential benefits it can offer in education, it generally benefits c hildren’s and adolescents learning and academic success