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Date – 19th Jun 2021

The Ministry of Education has issued guidelines for parents to assist children who have remained confined to their homes for long periods of your time during school closure. The guidelines are drafted to provide information on various aspects of their participation and their role in supporting children during school closure. These guidelines aim to provide information on the ‘why’, ‘what’, and ‘how-to’ of participation and engagement in supporting children during the school closure regardless of the literacy levels of parents.

As per the official statement-  

• “It is understood that the role of parents and caregivers besides school teachers, community, and volunteers is pivotal in supporting home-based learning for their children. In view of this, Guidelines for Parent Participation in Home-based Leaming during school closure and beyond have been developed,”.
• “It is requested to disseminate these Guidelines to all stakeholders on a wide scale. Also, grade-wise activities can be disseminated in the form of simple pamphlets for parents with activities, visuals, and illustrations,”

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ took to twitter and said: “I strongly feel that a home is the first school, and parents are the first teachers. In this pandemic, the role of parent's is pivotal in the growth and learning of children.”

Click on the image to view the official tweet

The guidelines provide simple tips and suggestive activities in accordance with the venous stages of faculty education- Foundation stage (age 3-8 years), preparatory stage (age 8-11 years); middle stage (age 11-14 years); and secondary stage from adolescent to adult age (age 14-18 years).

Separate sections are given on using Art as a therapy for children under stress or trauma, assessments, parent partnership and supporting parents with low literacy levels and children with special needs also because the role of faculties and teachers in facilitating home-based learning.

The guidelines also advise the faculties to involve parents by providing information and concepts on helping students at home with homework and other curriculum-related activities, decisions, and planning, and involving them in class decisions. Resources like sending newsletters, emails, memos, etc. are going to be provided to parents. Resources are made available for children with special needs which can be explored by the parent’s. They will approach teachers for guidance during this regard.

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