The relationship between parenting style and acadamic achievement of students (in particular referance to chamo secondery and preparatory shool)

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between parenting style and academic achievement of students. The subjects of the study were 240 students (120 boys and 120 girls) from Chamo Secondary and Preparatory School. The students were selected from grades 9 and ll through stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire that is developed by the researchers was used to gather the data from the selected sample students. The data about the students’ academic achievement have been collected from the student’s record office of the school. The collected data were summarized and analyzed using tables, percentage and pie chart. Further, the statistics Pearson’s product moment correlation has been employed to assess the relationship of parenting styles with the academic achievement of the students. The findings have shown that among the four parenting styles, authoritative parenting style has strong positive correlation with the academic achievement of the students. On the other hand, neglectful parenting has strong negative correlation with the students’ academic achievement. Based on these findings, the researchers have recommended that some concerned bodies of the government such as social affairs office and related non-governmental organizations have to design and implement some mechanisms to build awareness in parents to employ authoritative approach of parenting style in grown up their children.