Studying the Barriers to Parental Involvement in Primary Schools from the Perspective of the Teachers: A Study of Nikshahr City Iran

The main purpose of this study is to determine barriers to parental involvement in primary schools from the perspective of their teachers in Nikshahr City and its related districts during the 2014 to 2015 academic year. It is an applied research and due to the nature of its subject and the research objectives, it has cross-correlation method. Its population includes all the teachers of primary schools in Nikshahr City and its districts, they are 1484 people. We have selected 306 people from the population based on random stratified sampling to carry out this study. We have used questionnaire for data collection and its reliability using Cronbach’s alpha is 0.82. We have analyzed the data of this research using inferential statistics (Pearson’s correlation and t-test). According to the results, there is a significant and positive relation between intra-organizational and inter-organizational factors of barriers to parent involvement. Schools management does not prevent parents from involving in schools affairs. The type of education and lack of awareness of parents towards participation are barriers to parental involvement in schools affairs. There is a positive, significant relation between social, economic and cultural status of families and the extent of their participation in schools affairs.