PARENT - TEACHER MEETING

In order to bridge the communication gap, to understand the emotional and psychological needs of young children and to achieve better results in educational activities, Modernage regularly organizes Parent - Teacher Meetings in the college. In the current session one such meeting was organized on 22nd May. The meeting started with the recitation of the “Holy Quran” by Master Hamid Raza of Class 9 followed by Naat by Master Usman also from Class 9. 

Ms. Mehar-un-Nisa, the Academic Coordinator of the Boys College, briefed the participants of the meeting about the recent changes in the academic policies of Modernage. She discussed the new books of English and Math for Class VI and VII, the Monthly Tests format introduced recently and the stress on concept building and inquiry based approach adopted in Modernage. This presentation was followed by a briefing of the Co-curricular activities planned for this session in Modernage by Mr Riaz-ur-Rehman. He requested the parents to co-operate with the college in organizing these activities by supporting the children. 

In this PTM, Mr. Muhammad Tasadduq Hussain from COMSATS Abbotabad was invited to give a briefing about the use of “FACEBOOK” by youngsters. He said that although Facebook is a good means of sharing updates with family and friends but it has become a social menace as well. People at the other end hide their identities and play with the psychology of young boys and girls. These adverse effects are much more prevalent in our society because most of the parents even if they are computer literate, are totally unaware of the extent of vulnerability of their children on the facebook. He suggested that parents should learn how to use the facebook so that they can discuss its effects openly with their children. He also said that the timings for using the facebook should be fixed and the computer should not be placed in secluded areas of the house. During the discussion, the parents also asked questions. 

The last item of the PTM was a discussion by Ms Aatika Salam on the difference between a team and a gang. She said that a team means a group of people whose objectives are clear and identifiable. To achieve these objectives all the members of the team co-operate with each other and they believe in the development of positive activities which play an important role in the progress of an individual or an organization. On the other hand a gang is a group of people who are involved in illegal and negative activities, whose objectives are unclear and the members of the gang lack mutual co-operation and discipline. Mrs. Aatika Salam forced parents to make sure that their children are in safe company so that we may avoid the dangers in which youngsters put themselves into. At the end of the PTM, Mr. Abdul Wahid Mir, Principal of Modernage thanked the parents of the students. He stressed the role of parents in building an environment of trust and mutual cooperation between the school and the home for better upbringing of the children.