Parents are most
important stakeholders of schools, only next to the students. Their interest in
the growth profile of their wards, their well being and safety during school
hours are certainly prime concerns of any school. With increasing social
tensions and consequent expectations from schools and their wards, the stress
experienced by the parents need to be attended through a meaningful educative
and facilitation process. Parental education and engagement with schools,
therefore, is becoming an emerging necessity.
The following
appear to be some important areas which a school needs to address:
1. Parental
counseling at the time of admitting their wards briefing the school vision,
commitments, profile, rules in force and expectations
2 Counseling the
parents at the primary level on the emerging learning challenges, learning
curve – both social and personal, learning stress, competition management,
psycho-social growth patterns, technology in use, misuse and abuse.
3. Parents of the
students in the age group of eight to fifteen – managing curiosity, innovation,
enterprise, attention deficit, peer pressure, pre adolescent and adolescent
issues; and their management, aggression management, gender sensitivity among
the children, learning challenges, individuality management, developing
self-concepts and self-esteem.
4. Parents of the
age group of twelve to fifteen – Management of emotional health, management of
failure, depression, conflict resolution, competition management, bullying
issues, time management, peer pressure management and the like
That apart, parents
at the primary level also need to be exposed to the health care of their wards
including identification of minor health problems like eye defects, learning
deficiencies, symptoms of autism, hearing deficiencies, attitudinal problems
etc.,
Developing an
excellent inter-personal relationship with parents and also among parents and
empowering them to be positive contributors to the school development is an
emerging issue.
Understanding and
cooperation extended by the parents for effective traffic management and safety
management of the students both inside and outside the school is important to
generate goodwill and success for the initiatives of the school.
Schools need to
organize focused professionally tailor-made programs in these areas so that
most conflicts that could arise be solved with ease, comfort and purpose.
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