Parental Involvement and School Performance: Comparison of Fifth and Sixth Graders in Two Primary Schools at Glo-djigbe in Benin

Parent involvement is theoretically known to contribute children’s educational success; consequently, the lack of or poor parent may potentially cause school failure. The current research aims at testing this proposition by comparing two primary schools that serve same area Glo-Djigbé in Abomey-Calavi municipality: Ste Marcelline Catholic school, where part culture, and Glo-Djigbé/A public primary, consonant with involvement. A mixed methodological approach consisted use a questionnaire, semi-directed interview, direct observation, enabling comparison practices occurring performance fifth sixth graders both schools; altogether, sample 124 different stakeholders took research. As result, higher (95%) got total success for all their candidates CEP national exam, constantly five successive years, whereas second tried obtain 73% its pass within period. Though positive effect