Abstract
Education is a tool for the socio-economic and political advancement of any nation in which the importance cannot be overstated. Therefore, the need for onward commitment and dedication of students to their academic engagement for optimum academic achievement must be stressed and prioritized. This paper focuses on enhancing learners’ academic engagement among secondary School Students: Role of Parenting in Nigeria. In this paper, parenting is presented as a psychological variable whose exploration can enhance learners’ academic engagement in Nigeria. Being a position paper, findings were arrived at using secondary data from literatures reviewed. It was revealed that some of the causes of low academic engagement include; lack of parental involvement, communication gap between the parents and the child, poor parenting style, non-cordial relationship with peers, among others. Also, findings from this paper further shows that consequences of low academic engagement include; low academic achievement, high drop-out and out-of-school children rate among others. It was concluded that in order to enhance the learners’ academic engagement, the parents have a vital role to play, by way of parental involvement, consistent motivation, organizing regular workshop, conferences for parents among others

Keywords
Enhancing, Academic Engagement, Parenting, Learners, Nigeria