Parents' Awareness Workshop

Parents are one of the vertexes of an educational triangle. Well-informed parents can assist the teacher in the education of their child. They are also able to take care of the emotional, cognitive and physical development of their child. The purpose of Parents’ Awareness Workshop is to create consciousness among parents about the developmental needs of their child, which enables them to play a more active role in the education of their child.

Child spends 18 to 20 hours at home. Schools emphasize on formal education, while homes provide more social and emotional learning opportunities to children. The real life challenges and skills are hardly discussed in the classroom. This important part of child’s personality is covered by the activities and discussions at home.

The research department at NCE carefully studies the challenges of tomorrow and identifies the skills that child will need to succeed as an adult. What these skills are and how parents can help develop them are what parents orientation is all about.

Schools are suggested to organise a parents’ workshop soon after the start of a new session. Schools send a circular to all parents requesting them to attend this important workshop. A day before the workshop a note is sent in child’s diary reminding them of the event. Saturday is the most suitable day for this workshop. Some schools also phone parents to request them to attend the workshop.

The workshop is conducted free of cost by the NCE experts. They can train a member of the staff if the school decides to hold this workshop independently. NCE is also promoting the parents’ workshops in apartments and at community level across the country. Interested parents and community leaders may contact NCE to organize such workshops in their area.

All these efforts are motivating the improvement of education standard. Parents are learning the effective and practical strategies for use at home. Life at home is becoming more organized and peaceful. There is a marked improvement in children’s skills and abilities.