Strategy

Respondents

Very useful

%

Moderately useful

%

No opinion

%

Lowly useful

%

Not useful at all

%

Holding parents’ meetings in school to educate parents on the importance of their involvement

Pupils

84.3

14.6

0.0

0.7

0.3

Teachers

66.7

33.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Allowing children to carry home school library books to read to their parents

Pupils

72.5

21.6

1.0

2.4

2.4

Teachers

37.5

54.2

4.2

4.2

0.0

Having individual parents meet regularly with teachers to discuss their children’s progress in reading

Pupils

72.1

23.0

2.4

2.1

0.3

Teachers

79.2

12.5

4.2

0.0

4.2

Educating teachers on the value of working with parents to improve children’s performance in reading and writing skills

Pupils

81.9

15.3

0.7

1.7

0.3

Teachers

79.2

12.5

4.2

4.2

0.0

Encouraging parents to read to their children or to listen as their children read to them

Pupils

86.4

0.3

12.2

0.7

0.3

Teachers

45.8

33.3

4.2

16.7

0.0

Encouraging parents to buy extra books and reading materials for their children

Pupils

85.0

14.3

0.7

0.0

0.0

Teachers

83.3

8.3

4.2

4.2

0.0

Holding seminars for parents to train them on how to assist their children learn how to read and write

Pupils

80.5

17.8

1.0

0.7

0

Teachers

66.7

20.8

4.2

4.2

4.2