Al-Hikmah University Journal

Parental support plays an important role in the educational aspirations of adolescents. When parents actively participate in their children's education, the result is academic success and the development of responsible and productive members of society. It is believed that both the level of parental mediation and the calibre of the schools a student attends affect how much progress they make. These altogether play a vital role in children’s life’s accomplishments. This paper therefore examined the perceptions of in-school adolescents on their parents’ mediation strategies in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The research method adopted for this study is the descriptive research design of survey type. The researchers used one research question to guide the conduct of the study while four hypotheses were tested in the study. Hypotheses 1 and 3 were tested using a t-test while Hypotheses 2 and 4 were tested using Analysis of Variance. The researchers intend to know whether or not, parents in Ilorin, Kwara State support their adolescents in their academic pursuits. It was revealed from the findings that Parents in the Ilorin metropolis employed positive mediation strategies as perceived by the in-school adolescents. It was also revealed from the findings of this study that gender as well as religion did not influence the mediation strategies used by parents in Ilorin Metropolis as perceived by the in-school adolescents. Thus, the study suggests that parents should be more sensitive to their children’s educational development and adopt more positive mediation strategies.