Punjab: Govt school teachers dial up 8 lakh parents in virtual PTM

With over 19,000 government schools in Punjab closed for over two months due to the pandemic outbreak, the state Education Department had rolled out ‘Ghar Baithe Sikhyia’ using technology-enabled learning for affected students. On Saturday, it took direct feedback on the programme from around 8 lakh parents who joined the “virtual Parent Teacher Meeting” on phone calls that involved 60,000 teachers from 6,000 secondary school sections dialing up parents.

The challenges being faced by the parents to keep their wards occupied as well as their suggestions to make the scheme more effective were noted down during these phone calls.