Parental involvement is very essential for children’s education. Every parent wants their child’s success in life. One of the best ways to do this is to get involved in their education. Therefore, the present study was conducted to study parental involvement as perceived by the secondary school students in Sivasagar district of Assam. The investigator conducted the study on a sample of 480 Secondary school students of Sivasagar District. The standardized tool ‘Parental Involvement Scale’ (PIS) developed by the researcher herself has been used for the study. The reliability of Parental Involvement Scale (PIS) was found to be 0.823 . Mean, SD, t test has been employed to analyze the data. It was evident from the findings of the study that there is a significant difference in parental involvement as perceived by Secondary School students of Sivasagar District with respect to their gender and locality.

Parental involvement, secondary school students