The Parents-Teachers Association is a forum where the school authority gets to meet the parents of their pupils/students to discuss important issues that border on the general welfare of their kids. In a way, PTA meetings equally foster the much-needed unity between the parents and the teacher.

We’ve considered how bulk SMS as an effective means of communication can be used to intimate parents of PTA meetings. Also, in the event where some cannot make it to the meeting, bulk SMS can be used to give updates from the meeting to all the parents.

Another challenge though that might arise in cases of emergencies. There might be times when due to some unexpected turn of events, a scheduled Parents-Teachers Association meeting might need to be changed. This change might either be in the date, the time, or even the venue for the meeting. In such situations, the parents deserve to know and quickly at that.

HOW DO I COMMUNICATE MEETING CHANGES TO ALL PARENTS AT THE SAME TIME AND WITH MINIMAL COST?

Picking up your phone and giving all the parents a call will be way too costly. Even if the change has been effected days before the initial date, asking the students to inform their parents of this change might not be effective. Some of them if not most, will forget to deliver such a message. And when dealing with little kids? The parents might not trust their judgment.

Here is your bulk SMS account comes into play. It is arguably the cheapest means of official communication. What more? It is fast and efficient. All you need to do is go straight to your bulk SMS account, navigate to the Send SMS page and compose a short message telling the parents of the changes and the reason for it. Then apologize for any inconvenience this might cause them.

Who says you don’t need a bulk SMS account? If you don’t have one, sign up for free now. Get free SMS units, and above all, watch as bulk SMS helps you manage your institution effectively by providing a communication platform that works between teachers and parents.

Do you know you can equally save the parent's phone numbers in an online phonebook, so you don’t have to keep typing afresh anytime you want to send SMS? Learn how here.

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