Introduction
According to Garcia and Thornton (2014:1) current research shows that the involvement of family in learning helps to improve student performance, reduce absenteeism and restore parents' confidence in their children's education. Learners with parents or caregivers who are involved in learners’ education, earn higher grades and test scores, have better social skills and show improved behaviour. Which is something that we as a community and the world at large are in need of, as it would highly contribute in reducing crime and poverty. Ideally it would help to have a greater percentage of parental involvement in their children’s education. The study looks at parental involvement in depth by focusing on: the concept of parental involvement, its benefits, the disadvantages of not involving parents and how parents can be involved.