Home-School Partnership to Enhance Multilingual Literacy and Mathematics Skills

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Vol. 10 No. 32 (2025): Sep / Dec
Published: Aug 5, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v10i32.488

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Madhubala Bava Harji
Faculty of Education, Languages, Psychology and Music, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Kwee Teck See
Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology, Malaysia
Geetha Subramaniam
School of Business, University of Wollongong, Malaysia
Jing Weng
School of Music, Hanshan Normal University, Guangdong, China

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Research shows that pupils from low-income (B40) backgrounds struggle to master literacy and mathematics (ML&M) skills. However, because parental engagement is strongly correlated with ML&M development, Home-School Partnerships (HSP) are effective frameworks for ML&M learning. This qualitative study developed an HSP model for the Malaysian suburban landscape. Semi-structured interviews with 24 principals, 28 teachers, and 24 B40 parents from four primary schools revealed drivers of a sustainable school-home community ecosystem. Aligned with SDGs 4 and 10, the model provides a framework for the school community to restore and accelerate primary pupils’ ML&M skills.

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Harji, M. B., See, K. T., Subramaniam, G., & Weng, J. (2026). Home-School Partnership to Enhance Multilingual Literacy and Mathematics Skills. Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies, 10(32). https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v10i32.488

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