GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

The study investigated the influence of parenting and communication on pupils’ performance in school work in Ghana. The population of this study consisted of all primary five pupils in all the public primary schools in the country. The study adopted Ex-post facto research design while simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. Data was obtained using a research questionnaire “Home-School Partnership and Performance Questionnaire (HSPPQ). The result proved that there is significant relationship between parenting and pupils’ performance in school work. It was also proved that communication has significant influence on children’s’ performance in school work. Data obtained from respondents was analysed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) while Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha levels. It was concluded that primary 5 pupils’ performance in school work differs according to parents’ assistance in reading in Ghana public primary schools. One of the recommendations was that government and well placed individuals, multinational co-operations should assist these schools to acquire and use communication system which will enhance communication between the homes and the schools.