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 | ||