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EARLY PARENTAL PARTICIPATION AND MONITORING OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AMONG PRESCHOOLERS IN PUBLIC EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRES IN SOUTH-EAST SENATORIAL DISTRICT IN RIVERS STATE.

ABSTRACT

There has been a growing concern relating to the achievement gaps experienced among pupils and their peers. Educational research and literature have revealed that, this growing gap may be linked in part to a lack of early parental participation in their pupils' cognitive development which in turn has an overwhelming affects their children’s academic performance. This study was therefore, designed to investigate how early parental participation can influence cognitive development among preschoolers in Early childhood Centers. The descriptive research design was adopted for this study. The respondence used for data collection were pupils and parents of preschools in some selected LGA in the South East Senatorial District.150 questionnaires were used for parents and 130 pupils were interviewed for data collection. Reliability of the instrument was carried out by the test and retest method. The research utilized the T-test analysis and data was presented in form of tables. From the data analyzed, the study notes the following findings; majority of the parents do not participate in their children's academic activities to attain excellence. The study concluded that only a few parent respondents had high aspiration towards their children's academic achievements. The study therefore, recommends that parents should be enlightened on the importance of preschool children education so as to understand their role and participation in their children's cognitive development. Furthermore, every school should be mandated to organize general parent meetings and open days to enable the parents to meet teachers and discuss problems affecting their children’s’ performance. These parents should be advised on the need to motivate their children to work harder.

KEYWORDS: Parental participation, Cognitive Development, Preschoolers and Early Childhood Centres

Godfrey-Kalio, I. A And Owushi, J.N

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MODERN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION VOL.5 NO.1