Education as Determinant of Parental Knowledge Regarding Management of Learning Difficulties among Children

The present research study investigated the impact of an intervention programme designed to enhance the knowledge levels of parents regarding management of learning difficulties among elementary school children across various educational levels. The study was carried out in 15 urban Private schools of Ludhiana City. From each school, 3rd and 4th class children facing problems in reading, writing and mathematics were randomly selected. The total sample consisted of300 students. Parents of these selected students constituted the total sample of the parents .The parents were given intervention on various aspects of learning difficulties among children. Pre and post-intervention knowledge scores were assessed across two educational levels. The results indicated that intervention significantly improved the overall knowledge scores of the parents from poor to good level across all educational levels. However, after getting intervention, graduate and post- graduate parents were found to have significantly better comprehension and application skills as compared to parents with education up to matric and middle. Highly educated parents were better able to utilize the gained knowledge for solving day to day problems faced by their children.