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Sammons, P., Hillman, J. and Mortimore, P. (1995) Key Characteristics of Effective Schools. A Review of School Effectiveness Research. Institute of Education, London.

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• TITLE: The United Kingdom Parents and Teachers Associations: A Lesson for Benin Parents Associations

  AUTHORS: Alidou R. Ibourahima Boro

  KEYWORDS: Parents Teachers Association, Schools Development, Children Education-Management

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.3 No.10, October 14, 2015

  ABSTRACT: 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.