• Uwayo Sandra
• Dr. MUKAMAZIMPAKA Marie Claire

The main goal of the study aimed to investigate how parental engagement impacts students' academic achievements in the Nine-Year Basic Education (9 YBE) program in Nyabihu district. To this end the study aimed to ascertain the parent’s contribution in educational activities in 9YBEschools in Nyabihu district. To examine the correlation between parental participation in the school activities and academic achievement of their children in 9YBE of Nyabihu district .It also aimed to evaluate the effect of parents’ contribution in educational activities on students’ academic performance in 9YBE schools in Nyabihu district . The study utilized a mixed research design, specifically adopting the convergent parallel mixed research design. The target population consisted of 29 head teachers, 1365 students, and 5 parents. A sample of 27 head teachers was chosen through simple random sampling, and 309 students were also selected using the same method. Furthermore, 5 parents were deliberately incorporated into the study. The methodology used for data collection comprised administering surveys to head teachers and conducting semi-structured interviews with both parents and students. Descriptive statistics, including measures like mean and standard deviation, were utilized to characterize parents' involvement in educational activities. Additionally, the correlation coefficient was employed to establish the relationship between parental engagement in educational activities and students' academic performance in the 9 YBE program in Nyabihu district. Thematic analysis was used for qualitative data. The findings were presented in tables and texts. The findings from data analysis revealed that there were parents’ involvement in education where the overall mean (M=2.43, SD=1.05) which means that the parents’ involvement was done rarely. It was also revealed that there is effect of parents’ involvement in educational activities on students’ academic performance which means that the effect happened sometimes. This was indicates by (R2=.519). This means 51.9% of students’ performance was explained by the parent’s involvement in educational activities. It was shown that there was positive significant correlation between parents’ involvement in educational activities and students’ academic performance in 9YBE in Nyabihu district as it was indicated by the correlation coefficient(r = .0761) . It was suggested that head teachers should inspire parents to be involved in the educational activities.

parents’ involvement in educational activities: students’ academic performance.

"Parents’ involvement in educational activities and students’ academic performance in Nine years basic education schools, a case of Nyabihu district, Rwanda.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no.g722-g730, May-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405692.pdf

"Parents’ involvement in educational activities and students’ academic performance in Nine years basic education schools, a case of Nyabihu district, Rwanda.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no. ppg722-g730, May-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405692.pdf