in greater noida too most schools saw around 6070 per cent participation of parents in the ptmthe ptm was organised after the district magistrate issued an order on january 20 asking the education department to conduct the meeting in all primary schools of the district now since there was a direction from the district administration and the day was reserved for the ptm many parents participated and shared their problems the ptm will be held every three months now you should send her to school everyday the teacher told her mother sushma saini my son is not a very regular student and it results in her absence too sushma who had arrived for the ptm despite keeping unwell told toimost of the children studying in the government schools belong to the economicallyweak sections with the parents of many them working as labourers of contractual staff in private companies the teachers took the mobile numbers of the parents so that they can get in touch with them in case of an emergency we stay in khora and we do not send her in absence of her brother since kids go missing sometimes we encouraged them to pay attention to the children there are around 78000 children studying in government schools of the district even we were able to discuss the problems of irregular children with them kiran bala principal primary school harola told toipriya saini a student of class vth in the adarsh primary school in sector 12 is among the bright ones but is irregular her teacher complained most parents and teachers were excited about the ptm even as the former had to leave their days labour to attend the event for which they had received a decorated invitation card from the school busy with their routine work some parents merely wanted to finish the formality by signing on the attendance register as the same was mandatory the move followed after noida mla pankaj singh requested the dm for the same even if they are illiterate they can keep a tab on the students she said amar singh principal of the school said that out of the 558 students parents of 358 students arrived for the ptmthis is a very good initiative we should have it every month as it increases communication between the parents and teachers he said ramesh kumar a gardener working in a company in sector 6 arrived at the junior high school sector 12 around 2 pm with the invitation card he had received she always completes her homework and performs well in tests but is very irregular while some schools said that they already organise the ptms at their premises on a monthly basis the same was not being done in a formal manner and attracted poor response noida we told them to regularly ask the children what they had been learning in the school and discuss the same at home with around 6070 per cent participation of parents in the first formally convened parentsteachers