New Delhi: In a bid to stress the importance of parents being equal stakeholders in the education model, a joint parents-teacher meeting was organised in all Delhi government and MCD schools on Sunday. According to a report by news agency PTI, the meeting was held in more than 1,000 Delhi government schools and over 1,500 MCD schools.
Taking to Twitter, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote in Hindi, “Today, a mega PTM is being held in both MCD and Delhi government schools in Delhi. Just as Delhi government schools have been transformed with the help of all students, teachers, and parents, we will now work together to transform MCD schools as well.”
Education Minister Atishi, who also visited some of the schools, expressed delight at the number of parents who showed up at the meeting and said, “This shows that parents eagerly want to participate in their children’s education, and after Delhi government schools, now this opportunity will be provided to parents in MCD schools too.”
Noting that the joint PTM was organised with an aim to highlight the shared responsibility of parents and schools for the education of children, Atishi said both parents and schools play an equally important role for the development of their child.
"Our children will progress only when schools and parents will together participate in the process of their education," she said.
She also stressed the importance of parents engaging with their children for at least half an hour every day in order to boost confidence of the children.
Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Atishi said despite being in MCD for the last 15 years, the party had left the schools reeling under several problems.
There was no cleanliness, no drinking facility and benches and desks were broken. But after years of hard work and dedication of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, the old education system in Delhi was fixed, she added.