Bihar Launches Monthly Parent-Teacher Meetings in All Government Schools Starting May 31
Underlining the importance of parents in imparting education to the students, the state government has decided to start “Parent Teacher Meeting” (PTM) in all the government schools right from primary to higher secondary to assess the progress of students besides eliciting parents’ feedback to improve academic environment of the schools.
The meeting will be held on Saturday in every government schools- be it primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary where teachers would interact with the parents of the students to assess the progress.
The PTM is already in practice in private schools of the state which is conducted periodically.
Teachers would discuss academic issues with parents who will give their feedback to improve the academic environment of the school in order to ensure the overall growth of children.
As per the academic calendar, the PTM will be held on last Saturday of the month i.e. May 31, 2025 with its theme being “Padhenge, Badhege aur Sikhenge Hum” (We will study, grow and learn), the official letter said.
Education Department’s Additional Chief Secretary S Siddharth has issued a slew of directives to hold PTM through a letter addressed to all the Principal and In-charge of Primary, Middle, Secondary and Higher Secondary schools of the state.
“Parents play an important role in imparting better education to students. Underlining their importance, a slew of directives have been issued for holding PTM,” Siddharth said in the letter.
Since the parent teacher meeting is being organised just before the start of summer vacation of the schools (June 01, 2025), it would be an opportunity for teachers and principals to discuss with the parents in order to ensure as how students could utilise summer vacation positively.
Some of the important directives have been issued for teachers that they will discuss with parents during the proposed PTM scheduled for Saturday (May 31).
Class teachers will make the parents aware about text books, work books, diary and TLM (teaching learning material) kit that students get upon enrolment at government schools. Besides, they would also discuss as how to maintain books and copies properly by covering them with newspapers or brown papers.
During the summer vacation, the parents would ensure that students must revise chapters which have been taught between April 01 and May 31, the letter said while adding that teachers would motivate parents to get their wards revise the syllabus during the vacation.
Besides, teachers would inform parents about developing or earmarking a particular space for students’ studies at home under “Har Ghar Ek Pathshala” (Every home is a school). The parents can create an academic atmosphere at home by placing routine or some posters relating to their studies on a wall.
Teachers would inform the parents about “homework” given to the children. SCERT has prepared homework for all the classes which have been made available on “E-Shikshakosh” website. The parents can download homework from the site. Teachers would also guide the parents in helping them in completing children’s homework and they (parents) can also take the help of teachers in getting the homework completed during the vacation.
Though, the enrolled students have already been given the text books and work books but if the students, somehow, could not get the books, then the teacher would coordinate with Block Education Officer during the PTM itself and ensure that students must get text books and work books on the same day.
Teachers would also make the parents aware of the guidelines printed on the front page and last page of the text books that incorporated information on traffic rules, cleanliness, how children should behave in a society, maintaining discipline while being in queue, maintaining clean environment and civic sense etc. Parents along with their children would read the guidelines and make them learn to follow them during summer vacation.
All the Principals would document the PTM proceedings, the letter said adding that pictures of high resolution will be sent to the District Education Officer (DEO) concerned. Some of the good pictures will get printed on the department’s website, facebook page and magazine besides the best documentation prepared by Principal/Teacher will be published in department’s magazine.
