Parent's Participation, Involvement and Impact on Student Achievment: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in South Africa

Adrien Bouguen, Kamilla Gumede and Marc Gurgand
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Kamilla Gumede: Aarhus University [Aarhus]

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Abstract: This article investigates the role of parents by looking at the effect of a parental involvement program implemented in poor primary school in South Africa. Based on a random variation of the program assignment and on a partial population design, it allows to rigorously identify impacts on parental involvement, on the relationship between parents and teachers and on student outcomes. We find mixed results suggesting that parents who volunteer to attend the meetings changed their behavior toward more involvement at home and at school. Such behavioral change appears stronger for a subgroup of parents whose children is enrolled in the facilitating teacher's class, suggesting positive interactions between parents and teachers. Yet, no cognitive or non cognitive impact on students can be detected. We interpret these disappointing results as evidence that in a developing country context, parents face constraints that makes such program unable to have significant effects on student performances

Keywords: Education; parental involvement; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-12-11
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