CHAPTER ONE

1.0   INTRODUCTION

1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

A home is where people are made and most great men are known to be inspired by their earliest models which are usually their parents. (Wesley, 1760) the famous hymn writer was known to have being inspired into spiritual attainment by his ever praying mother and brothers who ended up being clergy-men. The Home is the first social institution the child belongs to, where he/she is first taught the values of life. A Home prepares the child to face the outside world. Society expects parents to equip their children with the knowledge of his environment. The Home is the first point of contact for the child in preparation for the future challenges. (Walter and Cohall, 1993).

The Home is often viewed from various angles the type of family, parenting style, functionality of the home and so on. The home can also be viewed as a very serious factor in a student’s academic performance, especially when such students are not from impoverished homes. These types of family includes, single parents, divorced, merged family, two-parents family and so on. Parenting style has to do with authoritative parents, laissez-faire’s or democratic parenting style. (Baumrind, 1991).

Home work, television viewing, extra curricular activates, other types of structured after school groups and jobs all these and more contribute to the academic achievement of the child. (Mc Mahon, 2010).

Generally, more time in extra curricula activates and other structured groups and less time in jobs and tevelevision viewing where associated with higher test grades and class grades. More time on home work was associated with better grades.  The point effects of all after school activates nearly doulbled the predictive ability of any single activates. (Psycinfo data base, 2010).

Many studies have examined parental involvement and their effect on students learning and behavior only few however have studied the factors that motivate parents to become involved. (Lanthier, wright and Edmonds, 2003).

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