At PTMs, worried parents want to know when will schools resume

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, September 17

Parents ask us when will the school reopen, says Ravinder Kang, head master at Government Primary School, Uggi, after he conducted the parents teachers’ meeting (PTM).

Amid the pandemic, a proper PTM is being held for the first time in government schools after the online classes started. The meetings are either taking place online or at schools.

It is reported that most of the parents want schools to open. “It is strange that earlier we used to request them to send their children to school. Now, parents want their kids go to school and study,” a teacher said. Kang said: “Every week learning outcome tests are being held and the performance of students is being monitored. That is why, the meetings are being held so that the same could be shared with parents, too! Teachers have been telling parents that the state-level review tests will be started from September 21, so that the results of online classes can be checked.”

“Parents, however, have been sharing their concerns with teachers that they, along with their children, were facing several problems because of non-availability of smartphones and children weren’t able to study in the absence of that. Some parents also told the teachers that they were labourers and come late at night from work. So, the child has to wait for them to get back from work, after which he complete his homework,” he said.

“There are several problems that they shared with us. Some parents complain about their wards not studying properly despite having a cell phone,” said a government primary school teacher in Phillaur. Also, for the assessment survey that will start from September 21, parents were asked to ensure that their ward studies properly, so that he/she could score well.