PATNA, June 1 -- All government schools, from primary to higher secondary levels, in Bihar have been closed for summer vacation with the full-scale parent teacher meeting (PTM) on Saturday. Summer vacation will continue till June 22. It is for the first time, when all schools were mandated to hold the PTM and interact with guardians of the students, apprise them about regular academic progress of their children and sensitise them about the measures to help their children grow in studies. Although the PTM has been started in the government schools, like those in the private schools, headmasters of all over 72,600 primary and middle schools and over 9,300 secondary and higher secondary schools were told to strictly comply with the orders. The teachers also sought the feedback from the parents' on ways to improve academic environment of the schools. As per the academic calendar, the PTM is supposed to be held on the last Saturdays of each month, based on different themes. Today's PTM was held on the theme of "Padhenge, Badhege aur Sikhenge Hum" (We will study, grow and learn), the official letter issued by the department said.. Education department's additional chief secretary S Siddharth in letters to headmasters and in-charge headmasters has issued a slew of directives to hold PTM through in all primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary schools of the state. "Parents play an important role in imparting better education to students. Underlining their importance, a slew of directives have been issued for holding PTM," Siddharth said in the letter. Since the parent teacher meeting was organised just before the start of summer vacation of the schools (June 01, 2025), it offered the teachers an opportunity to discuss with the parents in order to ensure as how students could utilise summer vacation positively Class teachers were told to make the parents aware about text books, work books, diary and TLM (teaching learning material) kit that students get upon enrolment at government schools. Besides, they also discussed as how to maintain books and copies properly by covering them with newspapers or brown papers. During the summer vacation, the parents were asked to ensure that students must revise chapters which have been taught between April 01 and May 31. The teachers also motivated parents to get their wards revise the syllabus during the vacation. They also informed parents about developing or earmarking a particular space for students' studies at home under "Har Ghar Ek Pathshala" (Every home is a school). "We told the parents about homework given to the children for the vacation period. SCERT has prepared homework for all the classes which have been made available on "E-Shikshakosh" website. The parents can download homework from the site," said a teacher, adding that the guardians were told to help their children complete homework....