The Effect of Fathers Involvement on Basic School Students Academic Achievement in Ghana: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis
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Abstract
A structural equation modelling analysis was used to investigate the effect of father’s involvement on students’ academic achievement. The stratified sampling procedure was used to select 383 fathers with children in the basic schools from whom data were collected for the study. Home-based involvement, school-based involvement and academic achievement were the variable considered for this study. Results of the study revealed that home-based involvement of father’s was an important predictor of student’s academic achievement. This was contrary to the relationship between school-based involvement of father’s and students’ academic achievement
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Home-based Involvement; school-based involvement; academic achievement
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