The Effect of Parents’ Education toward Students’ Achievement

Abstract

The effect of parents’education toward student s’ achievement serves  as the focus of this research since  there is a contradictory fact found in the field stating  that educational success is determined by several factors,  one of which is   parents. Parents’ education is the first and primary education for children to achieve life goals. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of parents’ education toward students’ achievement." This study was conducted at State Junior High School  (SMP Negeri) 4 District Kayoa involving 83 students and 73 parents. The  data of this study included the data about  parents’ education level and the data of students’   achievement which were analyzed by using percentage technique. The results showed that 1) the education level of parents of students of SMP Negeri 4 Keecamatan Kayoa was generally still low. 2) the level of parents education has a very close relationship with student achievement.

Keywords: the level of parents’ education and dan students’ achievement