Introduction-Over the last decade, parents and teachers are supposed to collaborate more and more as partners in education. Because of this positive correlation, parental involvement has become a key component in school policy and government policy concerning family education programs both in the US and in Western-Europe. Teacher-parent interactions require that the teacher be sensitive, understanding, and responsive to the needs not only of the children but of the parents as well. Hence, present study was undertaken to explore the impact of parental involvement in rural lower primary schools in Sriganganager district. Aims and objective-The objective is to explore the perceptions and thoughts about parental involvement among lower primary schools and the extent to which those schools in Sriganaganagar involve parents in their children’s academic education. Material and methods- The selection strategy of the subjects was as follows: from a total of 274 families who have children in the schools, 100 families (that is every 1 of 3 families of the total number) were selected for participation in a survey and 10 parents (that is every 27th family of the total number) were selected for a personal one-on-one interview. Results- the number of parents who completed the questionnaire and returned it to the researcher out of the 72 surveys returned, 62 (86.11%) were from fathers, 8(5.76%) percent from fathers, and only 2(2.77%) were from guardians/others. Of the 72 respondents, only 3 (4.1%) of the parents had visited five or more times, 6 (8.3%) visited three or four times, and 26(36.1%) had visited one or two times. 37(51.3%) parents have never visited school of their children. Conclusion- it is concluded that the importance of parental involvement is less acknowledged throughout the findings of this study Thus, it is important to educate parents to understand the important role they play in the lives of their children and devise a plan for providing parents an opportunity to perceive the effect of their own involvement, which in turn will enhance parental involvement.
Key words: Primary rural schools, education.

Received: 4 February, 2019                                     Revised: 24 February, 2019                           Accepted: 27 February, 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Navjot Singh, Research Scholar, Department of Education, OPJS University, Churu, India

This article may be cited as: Singh N, Mishra O. Study of parental involvement at schools in some primary rural schools of Sriganganagar district. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2019; 5(1):127-130.