Author's Name:	Dr Regis Fanuel Gutuza & Dr Mufunani Tungu Khosa
Subject Area:	Social Science and Humanities
Subject	Education
Section	Research Paper

Assessment, involvement of parents, secondary schools, district, education.

The aim of this present study was to assess the involvement of parents in the education of their children in secondary schools in Buhera District in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland Province. The population comprised all the teachers, heads and parents from six secondary schools. The sample was made up of three heads of schools, twelve teachers and six members of the parents’ body. The study employed the qualitative methodology. Data were generated through the use of interviews and focus group discussions. The study revealed that teachers and heads of schools generally thought that parents laced proper education and expertise to meaningfully contribute towards education of their children. Parents also saw their role as being facilitative and complementary the teacher’s duties of providing education to their children. The study recommends that schools should involve parents in school activities in a more systematic and sustained manner than is the ease now. There is also need for the curriculum in teacher training colleges to include a component of parental involvement in the education of their children.