Assessment Of Parents Support And Academic Performance Of The Mentally Retarded Children In Chepkoiyo Primary School, Kipsaina Zone, Kaplamai Division, Trans-nzoia East District, Kenya

ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of parent's involvement in education on the academic performance of the mentally retarded children in public primary schools of Kenya specifically the study intended to: determine whether cultural beliefs among the parents affects the enrolment of mentally retarded children in the zone; determine whether the parents teach their mentally retarded children adaptive skills; To establish whether the parents of mentally retarded children play their role effectively as far as the education of their children is concerns and to find out whether the parents unde…