The Andhra Pradesh government held a statewide parents-teachers meeting to improve education. Chandrababu Naidu, joined by HR Minister N. Lokesh and Education Secretary Kona Shashidhar, urged greater parental involvement in students' wellbeing and learning
Published Dec 07, 2024 | 6:06 PM ⚊ Updated Dec 07, 2024 | 6:06 PM
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The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday, 7 December, conducted a parents-teachers meeting at all the government and aided schools simultaneously to improve educational standards in schools.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who attended one such meeting in a municipal school in Bapatla, spent considerable time interacting with the students. Human Resources Minister N Lokesh and Education Secretary Kona Shashidhar were present on the occasion.
The programme saw participation of 3.5 lakh students, 50 lakh parents and 3.5 lakh teachers in all the schools.
The chief minister asked the teachers to educate the parents on the need for providing nutritious food to their children besides taking interest in how they are faring at school. He suggested to the education department to conduct parent-teachers’ meetings at least thrice a year.
Chandrababu Naidu was visibly impressed when a student told him that she was interested in natural farming. She told him that she would support the farmers who toiled in the farm to produce food grains to society.
Her father told the chief minister that he was sending her to school after his son did not show any interest in education. He showed interest in training as a driver.
The chief minister asked the parents to consult teachers when they suspect that their children are being distracted from studies. Together they should motivate the children to focus on their studies.
The chief minister asked the education secretary to take steps for the constitution of the education infrastructure corporation to improve infrastructure in schools. He said the department should provide the best possible facilities at schools.
The chief minister took interest in the holistic cards that were designed to be distributed to the students with all the data related to them. He asked the parents to keep a watch on the children if they are using cellphones.
Lokesh, on a lighter note, said: “The chief minister has attended your parents-teachers’ meeting now. But he had never attended any meetings with my teachers when I was in school.”
The mothers of the children took part in a rangoli contest in which they drew the shapes of objects that represented the super six promises of the TDP government. Naidu asked one woman whether her intention was to remind him of the promises he had made, sending all others into peals of laughter.
(Edited by Ananya Rao)
