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Throughout children's educational careers, students' well-being experiences are influenced by socioeconomic statuses such as parent education and parent income that impact parental academic support for student learning. The microsystems layer in the Ecological theory underlying this study explains that the socio-economic status will shape one's life, particularly for children and adolescents (Bronfenbrenner, 1979). This research aimed to determine the level of parental educational support for children learning, mainly taking into account demographical factors such as parent income and parent education. The design of this study is a survey and a questionnaire instrument used for data collection. A total of 1350 secondary school children have been selected based on a stratified random sampling technique. Data are analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23. The descriptive such as mean, standard deviation and inferences analysis such as MANOVA used to analyse the data. Findings of the study revealed that parental educational support for student learning with a mean score of 4.296, a standard deviation of 0.702, and with the interpretation as high. MANOVA analysis of the study revealed there are significant differences based on parental educational qualifications and parent income towards students learning as the parental educational support significantly decreases as the fathers and mothers highest educational level decreases and as the parent income decreases. The study suggests that parents who possess a low level of education or are non-schooled can participate in parental workshops, watch TV programmes, listen to the radio and access youtube channels related to educating their children. The study also recommended that parents can maximise their earnings to support their children with necessary educational materials or resources that can facilitate children's education with the concept of 21st-century learning.
Keywords: Parental Educational Support, parental income, parental education, student learning, school children
INTRODUCTION
Research in the new millennium shows a growing interest in students wellbeing, not only in academic terms but also in parental educational support and demographic factors that promote their learning and wellbeing. There is a strong relationship between parental support (of students personal development, school development, behavioural support and assistance for their studies) and student involvement in behavioural, cognitive, and socio-affective involvement in the learning (Felizardo et al., 2016). Based on Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological theory and empirical...