Parent teacher meeting in a medical college: Attitude of the stake holders

Dr Madhur Gupta; Dr Suresh Chari

Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2016

Parent teacher meeting in a medical college: Attitude of the stake holders

Dr Madhur Gupta, Dr Suresh Chari

Abstract :

A qualitative questionnaire based study was conducted to assess the awareness of the stakeholders regarding the parent teacher meetings (PTM) being conducted in a medical institute. 350 students, 227 parents, 82 teachers and 10 management personnel participated in the study. The findings indicate that majority of the students, teachers, parents and management are aware of the conduction and purpose of PTM being conducted in the institute. Also students, teachers, parents and management approved the usefulness of PTM and its helpfulness in better teacher effectiveness and student achievement. Most of the stake holders in the study favored that PTM`s should be organized once in a year. A major information collected was that the attendance of parents and students for the PTM decreased substantially as they went to their higher classes. Hence, the perspective of parents and students needs to be changed regarding their attendance in PTM`s in higher classes.