Al-Hikmah University Journal

The study assessed teachers’ perception of parental influence on pupils’ study habits in primary schools in Ilorin South LGA, Kwara State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design where one research question and three hypotheses were raised. The population for the study consisted 118 primary schools with 708 teachers in Ilorin South LGA, Kwara State, where 100 teachers were randomly selected. A researcher-designed questionnaire titled “Teacher’ Perception of Parental Influence on Pupils’ Study Habits (TPPIPSH)” was used for data collection. The validity of the instrument was conducted by two experts in Childhood Education and Psychology respectively, while Cronbach Alpha reliability method used yielded an index of 0.71. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research question, while t-test and Analysis of Variance were used to test the hypotheses formulated. The findings revealed positive perception of teachers on parental influence on pupils’ study habits. It was also revealed that, there is significant difference in the perception of teachers on the basis of gender and school type, while there was no significant difference in the perception of teachers based on experience. It was recommended that Parents should be actively involved in their children’s educational activities so as to instill in   them the best study habits needed. Moreover, there should not be gender bias in the parent involvement so as to strike balance between the two genders, and parental influence on pupils’ study habits should not be school type based. The support given the parent whose their children attends private schools should also be maintained by parents whose their children attend government owned schools.