Parental Engagement and Pupils' Reading Performance

Parents’ engagement in the education of their children is significant to the child’s growth and development, especially in reading. This study was undertaken to identify the level of parental engagement at home and in school; to find out the level of the pupils' reading performance in English and Filipino subjects, and to find the significant relationship between parental engagement and the pupils’ reading performance. The study was conducted in Villanueva South District, Division of Misamis Oriental, with one hundred forty-five (145) grade 6 pupils as actual respondents. The study employed a descriptive correlational research design, which included a quantitative approach to collecting numerical data through a questionnaire and content analysis on their reading performance via the Phil-IRI tool. It also used frequency and percentage, mean and standard deviation, as well as the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, or Pearson (r). to find the relationships among the variables. It revealed that parental engagement was at a moderate level with more emphasis on engagement at home. Pupils’ reading performance was also at a moderate reading level with better performance in Filipino than in English. Moreover, parental engagement showed a significant relationship with reading performance. It is recommended that teachers and parents work together for better outcomes