Parent involvement in free primary education in Busia district’s public primary schools.

Abstract

ABSTRACT Parental involvement in education in Busia District is mainly limited to financial contributions and teacher-parent meetings. Given the high cost of education and the need to improve quality of education, parental involvement is important. The effectiveness of educational restructuring initiatives therefore would depend on more comprehensive parental involvement in schools. A literature study investigated existing programmes and models of parental involvement in schools as well as legislation as pertaining to parental involvement in Kenya. A qualitative design was used for data collection and analysis.