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    Paternal involvement in children's education: An implication of children's performance at preschool in Gucha District Kenya
    (Kenyatta University, 2009-10) Mwoma, Teresa Bitengo
    Extensive research exists on the importance of parental involvement in children's education, yet relatively few studies have examined the individual contributions that mothers and fathers make to their children's schooling. There is a great deal of interest however, in the role of fathers in children's lives. This interest stems from the fact that traditionally in Africa fathers were the hidden parent. They were assumed to be the breadwinners of their families, but of limited importance in non-financial aspects of children's well-being and development. The purpose of this study was to establish the level of fathers' involvement in their children's education in relation to children's performance at preschool with a special focus on the factors that influence this involvement. The study was carried out in Gucha District because of its continued poor performance in the KCPE exams. Two divisions were purposively selected, one to represent the urban set up, and the other to represent a rural set up. Sixteen preschools were purposively selected from the two divisions to represent the public and private and the rural and urban pre schools. Ample size of 160 preschool children was purposively selected from the 16 preschool due to their performance level in their preschool activities according to their teachers' assessment. Further, a sample size of 160 fathers to the selected children from the two divisions was given the questionnaire to fill on their involvement in their children's education. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was utilized to prepare and organize data for analysis to test the significance levels between variables at O.OS. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient, ANOV A and Chi Square were utilized to establish whether there were any significant relationships or differences in means between variables. Findings revealed that fathers' involvement in their children's education was significantly related to children's performance at preschool where r=0.19 with a 'p' value of 0.029. There was a significant difference in means of father involvement between fathers of different academic levels where f=2S.149 at 2 degrees of freedom with a 'p' value of 0.000. There was a significant difference in means of father involvement between fathers of different occupations where 'f=6.291 at S degrees of freedom with a 'p' value of 0.000. Fathers' involvement in their children's education was also significantly related to the type of school the child attended where X2=2S.330 at 2 degrees of freedom and a 'p' value of 0.000. Sex of the child and fatPers' area of residence were not found to be significantly related to fathers' involvement in their children's education where X2=2.213 at 2 degrees of freedom with a 'p' value of 0.392 and X2=1.444 at 2 degrees of freedom with a 'p' value of 0.846 respectively. It was therefore concluded that, fathers' involvement in their children's education influence children's performance at preschool. Factors that were found to influence fathers' involvement included; fathers' academic level, their occupation and the type of preschool the child attended. It was recommended that there is need for school managers and administrators to find ways of introducing programmes to ensure that fathers closely monitor and participate in assisting their children with school work and attending school functions.
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    Type of Preschool an Important Factor in Determining Fathers’ Support for their Children’s Education
    (International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2013) Mwoma, Teresa Bitengo
    Research has shown that father’s involvement in children’s education influence how children perform in education. While this is critical, the type of school the child attends is of great importance in determining whether fathers get involved in children’s education or not. This paper therefore presents research findings of a study conducted in Gucha District of Kisii County with regard to type of school and fathers’ involvement in children’s education. A sample size of sixteen preschools drawn from public and private sponsored and both from rural and urban set up were selected for this study. Further a sample size of 160 children and 160 fathers to the selected children were sampled for the study. Fathers were given a self report questionnaire with items requiring them to indicate their involvement in children’s education. Findings revealed that fathers with children in private sponsored preschools were more involved their children’s education than fathers with children in public sponsored schools. Fathers were involved more in checking whether children have done homework, buying books, paying school fees and attending school meetings.