11th September 2025, Ahmedabad: Delhi Public School-Bopal, had the honor of hosting the CBSE Parenting Workshop on. The event brought together Principals and Counsellors/Wellness Coordinators from CBSE-affiliated schools across Gujarat and Rajasthan. The workshop featured esteemed resource persons, Ms. Minakshi Kushwaha, Principal of Birla Vidya Niketan, New Delhi, and Ms. Manju Balasubramanyam, Principal of DPS Bangalore North, Bengaluru. It was thoughtfully designed as a collaborative platform to facilitate engaging discussions on effective parenting strategies, strengthening parental involvement, and advancing the holistic development and well-being of students.
The workshop began with a warm and inspiring welcome address by Ms. Sabina Sawhney, Principal of DPS-Bopal. She emphasized the vital role of strong parent–school collaboration in fostering the integrated and holistic development of students. Additionally, she highlighted digital de-addiction as a key focus area for the year, underlining its importance in today’s educational landscape.
The first session thereafter was conducted by Ms. Minakshi Kushwaha, who introduced the Parenting Calendar 2025–26, a pioneering CBSE initiative launched earlier this year. She elaborated on its vision to nurture emotional intelligence, value orientation, and life skills while fortifying parental involvement. This was followed by Ms. Manju Balasubramanyam, who presented survey findings on parental perspectives, offering empirical insights into the challenges and aspirations of the familiesfor seeking guidance and building strong parentalconnections.
During the session, Ms. Kushwaha highlighted strategies for strengthening parent–school collaboration and enhancing parental engagement, while Ms. Balasubramanyam focused on integrated classroom activities and mentioned how schools can play an instrumental role in building a strong parent-child bond by engaging them in various activities conducted at school. Each discourse was enriched with reflective anecdotes, innovative practices, and pragmatic solutions byaddressing contemporary concerns such as digital well-being, socio-emotional learning, and resilience-building.
The day’s proceedings concluded with an interactive Q&A session. The workshop thus emerged as an enlightening confluence of vision, reaffirming CBSE’s conviction that education is a shared responsibility, where home and school collaborate to nurture conscientious, compassionate, and future-ready citizens.When schools and families converge in purpose, every child discovers both their roots and their wings.
