Dr Uduak Edet Uwe & A. I. Enyeokpon
Abstract
The study was undertaken to investigate parental involvement and primary six academic performance in Basic science in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria. One null hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. The research adopted correlational design. The population was four thousand primary six pupils (4,000), while the sample size was 200 primary six pupils selected from 10 primary schools. The null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Analysis. The hypothesis with regards to parental communication pattern and pupil’s academic performance in basic science was significant. This implies that parental involvement in their children’s education, in terms of parental communication skill, is a determining factor of academic performance of pupils in basic science. It was therefore recommended that parents should have cordial and effective communication with their children particularly at the primary school level.