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Smart Parenting: Volunteering in school
Parents participate, students do better
An NIE study points to a positive correlation between parent involvement and students' cognitive, behavioural and emotional engagement
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Students are more engaged with school and enjoy it better when their parents take an interest in their school life by getting involved in activities, such as volunteering, parent-teacher meetings or school events, a new study has found.
A case can be made for continued school-family partnerships even though fewer parents volunteer when their child moves up to secondary school, said a National Institute of Education (NIE) survey of some 7,500 Primary 4 pupils and Secondary 2 students from 37 schools.
