State to host largest every parent-teacher meeting on July 5

To strengthen bonds between parents, teachers and educational institutions, the School Education Department and the State Board of Intermediate Education is gearing up to host Parent-Teacher Meetings (PTM) on a mega scale across the State.

Samagra Shiksha, State Project Director B. Srinivasa Rao said: ‘Mega PTM 2.0” will be conducted in all government and private schools across the State on July 5. We have directed the District Education Officers (DEOs) and Additional District Project Coordinators (ADPCs) to coordinate and monitor the arrangements.”

Mr. Rao said the proposed PTM would serve as a platform for parents to understand their children’s academic progress, behaviour and social issues, while it would also enable teachers to seek parents’ cooperation for the benefit of the students. “The government believes that this collaborative approach will improve students’ overall performance,” said Mr. Rao.

Referring to last year’s PTM, conducted on December 7, 2024, he said 25.46 lakh parents, 27,395 alumni, 22,200 donors and 36,918 public representatives participated across 44,956 schools. “Other States are now considering replication this initiative,” he informed.

He said the July 5 meeting would be held in 61,135 educational institutions, and they expect a participation of 2,28,21,454 individuals comprising of 74,96,228 students, 3,32,770 teachers and 1,49,92,456 parents, donors and others.

Mr. Rao said that at the meeting, teachers will provide parents with Holistic Progress Cards and headmasters will inform parents and others about the school’s performance, gaps in infrastructure and their future action plans. Fun activities and games would be conducted to promote camaraderie and success stories of students and schools would be shared and celebrated.

The school campuses will have photo booths and dream walls besides sessions on positive parenting. Mr. Rao said that sapling plantation under the green drive “Ek Ped Maa ke Naam” would be held to encourage participants to shoulder environmental responsibility. A registration app will be available for students interested in supplying saplings.

The Board of Intermediate Education, meanwhile, will conduct PTMs in government private junior colleges on July 10, 2025.

Board secretary Kritika Shukla said that the idea was to provide space for community participation and facilitate shared celebration of learning, purpose and belonging. She said: “Besides interactive sessions on the progress of students, health screenings would be conducted under the Rashtriya Bala Suraksha Karyakram (RBSK) and students would be given health booklets, which would be tracked for the next two years.”