Author(s)

Alidou R. Ibourahima Boro^*

University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin.

Parents play an important role in their children’s education. Their implication in the daily academic activities of their children can positively impact their results at the end of the year. The well-functioning of pedagogical activities could be more effective if parents and teachers join hands. So, parents must get involved in their children’s school community by actively taking part in the Parents Associations (APEs). This paper examines the traditional roles of APEs in Benin and the main problems they are facing. These include inadequate funds raising policies, the absence of solid cooperation with school teachers and the mismanagement of the existing. The paper therefore makes some recommendations on how APEs can be reorganized to better serve school communities using good examples from PTAs of United Kingdom.

Parents Teachers Association, Schools Development, Children Education-Management

Boro, A. (2015) The United Kingdom Parents and Teachers Associations: A Lesson for Benin Parents Associations. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 3, 40-45. doi: 10.4236/jss.2015.310006.