Dear Editor,
I will continue to beg and plead with our Government to put measures in place to get parents to play their role in the development and continued care of their children. Along with the Parenting Licensing Authority I have been proposing, I am now making another suggestion to the minister of education to assist with the sector.
School administrations across the island continue to complain about the attendance of parents at Parent Teachers' Association (PTA) meetings. As a result of such, many schools are not able to effectively deal with the issues that they face from day to day, which eventually affects the development of many children.
Parents who do attend PTA meeting on most occasions are the converted ones or the parents who really try to play there part in supporting the school in their efforts. The students who falter along the way, many times, have negative parental issues, and are usually the students whose parents are not present or represented at the meetings.
I, therefore, propose that the Honourable Minister of Education, consider making attendance and active participation of every parent at PTA meetings and other school activities a part of the child's grade at the end of each term.
If we really plan to achieve the 2030 Vision, then the transformation must take place now, and parents must be held accountable when they fail to play their part in the process of development in relation to our countries most precious resources.
Leron Mattison
leronmattison@yahoo.com
Make PTA attendance part of the child's term grade
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I will continue to beg and plead with our Government to put measures in place to get parents to play their role in the development and continued care of their children. Along with the Parenting Licensing Authority I have been proposing, I am now making another suggestion to the minister of education to assist with the sector.
School administrations across the island continue to complain about the attendance of parents at Parent Teachers' Association (PTA) meetings. As a result of such, many schools are not able to effectively deal with the issues that they face from day to day, which eventually affects the development of many children.
Parents who do attend PTA meeting on most occasions are the converted ones or the parents who really try to play there part in supporting the school in their efforts. The students who falter along the way, many times, have negative parental issues, and are usually the students whose parents are not present or represented at the meetings.
I, therefore, propose that the Honourable Minister of Education, consider making attendance and active participation of every parent at PTA meetings and other school activities a part of the child's grade at the end of each term.
If we really plan to achieve the 2030 Vision, then the transformation must take place now, and parents must be held accountable when they fail to play their part in the process of development in relation to our countries most precious resources.
Leron Mattison
leronmattison@yahoo.com
Make PTA attendance part of the child's term grade
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