INVESTIGATING HOW TEACHERS AND PARENTS' COMMUNICATION AFFECT PUPILS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WESTERN AREA URBAN DISTRICT.

The specific focus of this research is to uncover the extent to which teachers and parents’ communication affect pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools in western area urban district of Sierra Leone. The study targets an estimated number of (60): of which parents, teachers, and pupils selected from (5) primary schools in the western area urban. A purposive sampling technique was used to examine the total population of parents, teachers, and pupils in the assessment. The outcomes of the study indicate that the communication between parents and teachers affects the student’s performance. School administrators and stakeholders should create a platform for effective communication between pupils, parents and teachers. The study's findings also showed that majority of teachers’ poor communication made them uncooperative with pupils' parents. Teachers should guide pupils in terms of discipline and punctuality so that pupils can achieve good performance. The study also, revealed that teachers should help pupils with problems solving instead of punishing them. Parents must check the exercise books of their children so as to know the progress of the pupils and help them to do their homework. For increase in pupils’ academic performances, the study recommends that government and other stakeholders must ensure that all necessary equipment like books, chalk, desks, good classrooms, and toilets are provided for the comforts of pupils and teachers. The government should make sure that teachers get their rights on time like salaries, teaching materials and motivation. This will give them confidence to teach well and increase performance.