| In the wake of globalization, homes with working | | | | parents to meet the teachers and talk to them |
| parents are a common sight. Parents tend to | | | | about their concerns and make queries regarding |
| spend 10-12 hours outside home and hardly get to | | | | the school and their child. Often, suggestions made |
| spend quality time with their children. This is the | | | | by parents are considered by the school |
| situation at home. It gets worse when it comes | | | | authorities. On the other hand, parents also get a |
| to school. | | | | lot of tips on how to help their children excel at |
| Most working parents are oblivious to activities at | | | | school and otherwise. |
| school. Their involvement with the academics and | | | | Students benefit most out of parent teacher |
| co curricular activities of their children is very | | | | associations since the association becomes a |
| limited. Academicians believe that parents’ | | | | promise of extended support both at home and |
| involvement with the child is crucial to the | | | | at school. In many schools, developmental |
| child’s overall development. In order to ensure | | | | activities like seminars, lectures, competitions are |
| parents’ involvement in their wards’ | | | | organized as a part of the association activity. |
| academics, many schools have Parent Teacher | | | | Parent teacher association can become building |
| Associations and Student Councils. | | | | blocks of a child’s overall development. It |
| Parent teacher associations are formed involving | | | | promotes organized monitoring of the child’s |
| students, teachers and parents. Many activities | | | | activities at school and at home, which may |
| are conducted through the association with a | | | | otherwise get neglected. With the percentage of |
| motive of engaging the parents in a child’s | | | | working parents steadily increasing, it is important |
| school activities. It is also a chance for the | | | | for all schools to have parent teacher associations. |