ISSN: 2360-7866

 International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review
 

International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 8(6), pp. 146-151. November, 2020.

ISSN: 2360-7866

DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2020.210

Full Length Research

Parental Role in Preschool Child Education: The Case of Anomabo in the Central Region of Ghana

^1. Sophia Patience Graham and ^2. Theodora Kankpi

^1. Accra Institute of Technology, Accra Ghana. Corresponding author’s E-mail: greyssof@yahoo.com

^2. University for Development Studies, Ghana. Email:thankpi@yahoo.com

Accepted 29 November 2020

The aim of this research is to provide solutions to the role that parents have to play concerning early childhood education in town in Ghana known as Anomabo. The paper will serve as an eye opener to parents of preschool children as well the community in which they find themselves in so as to modify or amend their mode of parental involvement towards achieving a better future for them not withstanding their commitment to their duties of work as well as the negative adverse or inadequacy of resources. The researchers used a survey approach in which questionnaires were self-administered whereby analysis was done with the aid of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to test the hypothesis. The findings of this paper came out with the conclusion that parental emotional care and support tends to have an adverse influence on the preschool child’s learning outcome. The paper also observed that the level of education pertaining to the parents of the preschool child has a strong influence on the age in which the preschooler is sent to school. The paper also discovered that the residential setting of the parents do have an impact on the performance of the child. In effect, parental involvement is very essential in early childhood education and this helps in broadening the perfection of the child’s mind on issues, leads to enhancement of social relationships as well as the promotion of self-esteem and self-efficacy.

Key Words: Preschool Child, Parental Involvement, Anomabo, Central Region, Parental Education, Academic Performance

Cite This Article As: Graham, S.P., Kankpi, T. (2020). Parental Role in Preschool Child Education: The Case of Anomabo in the Central Region of Ghana. Inter. J. Acad. Res. Educ. Rev. 8(6): 146-151