(1)
A School Management
Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee)consisting of elected
representatives of the local authority, parents or guardians of children
admitted in such school and teachers as provided in sub-section (1)of section
21 shall be constituted in every school, referred to in sub-clause (i) of
clause (n) of section 2 within six months from the appointed date and
reconstituted every two years:
Provided that where the child of a
member has left or completed his studies in that school, such member shall be
replaced by a parent selected at random from among the parents or guardians of
the children of that category, for the remaining term of the Committee:
Provided further that, no member other
than an ex-officio member-convenor/joint-convenor and the ward member of the
local authority, shall serve as a member of the Committee for more than two
terms.
(2)
The total membership of the
Committee in a school having student strength below seven hundred and fifty,
shall not exceed sixteen excluding the member-convenor and the joint-convenor
if any.
(3) The quorum of the
Committee shall be nine.
(4) Where the student strength exceeds seven
hundred and fifty, the membership shall be raised to twenty excluding the convenor and the joint
convenor if any and the quorum in such cases shall be eleven.
(5) Seventy-five per cent of the strength of the
Committee shall be from amongst parents or guardians of children.
(6) Representatives of the
Mother-Parent-Teacher Association, parents of SC/ST students, and weaker
section and parents of children with special needs, shall be included in the
Committee: Provided that proportionate representation shall be given to parents
representing disadvantaged and weaker section.
(7) The remaining twenty-five per cent of the
strength of the Committee shall be from amongst the following persons,
namely:—(a) the ward/ division member of the local authority of the locality
inwhich the school is situated;
(b) one teacher from the school to be decided by the teachers of the school; (c) one member from amongst local
educationists to be decided by the parents;
(d) the school leader: Provided that fifty per cent of the members
shall be women.
(8) To manage its affairs, the Committee shall elect
a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among the members who are representatives of
parents.
(9) The Head Teacher or where the school does not
have a Head Teacher, the Teacher-in-charge shall be the ex-officio
member-convenor of the Committee. In schools having classes up to standard
twelve, the Principal shall be the ex-officio member-convenor and the Head
Teacher shall be the joint convenor.
(10) The Convenor of the Committee shall be
competent to invite up to three persons at a time as Special Invitees to offer
advice on specific issues like child protection, health and nutrition, child
psychology and on matters relating to construction activities undertaken by the
Committee: Provided that no such person shall constitute the quorum or be eligible
to vote.
(11) The members of the Committee shall
participate in the capacity building training courses conducted by the Government to facilitate the effective
functioning of the Committee.
(12) The Committee shall meet at least once in two
months in the school premises and the decisions shall be taken by majority
votes.
(13) The minutes of the meetings shall be properly
recorded and made available to the public through the school notice board and
the school’s website.
(14) The Assistant Educational Officer shall ensure
the timely constitution of the Committee, organize training of the members and
shall facilitate its proper functioning.
(15) The Committee shall, in addition to the
functions under clauses (a) to(d) of sub-section (2) of section 21, namely:—
(i) monitor the working of
the school;
(ii) prepare and recommend
school development plan;
(iii) monitor the
utilisation of the grants received from the State Government or local authority
or any other source; and
(iv) perform such other functions as may be
prescribed.It shall also perform the following functions, namely:—
(a) communicate in simple and creative ways to the
population in the neighbourhood of the school, the rights of the child, the
duties of the Government, local authority, school, parent and guardian under
the Act;
(b) ensure that a teacher maintains regularity and
punctuality in attending school; holds regular meetings with parents and
guardians and appraise them about the regularity in attendance, ability to learn,
progress made in learning and any other relevant information about the child;
(c) ensure that no teacher is deployed for
non-educational purposes other than those specified in section 27 of the Act;
(d) ensure that no teacher
is engaging in private tuition or private teaching activity;
(e) arrange to monitor the achievement of the
expected learning outcome of the children as specified by the academic
authority, with the help of experts and shall also pay attention to student
absenteeism and teacher
absenteeism, and take
necessary steps to provide teachers against short leave vacancies having
duration of below one academic year from the panel of teachers maintained by
the local authority, at the rate of remuneration fixed by the Director of
Public Instruction;
(f) ensure that teachers are
not burdened with non-academic duties other than those specified in section 27;
(g) ensure the enrollment
and continued attendance of all the children from the neighbourhood in the
school so as to ensure zero-dropout rate in the school. Children not attending
school continuously for more than fifteen working days shall be placed under
the category of dropouts and the Committee shall make efforts to bring them
back through remedial measures.
(h) monitor the maintenance of the norms and
standards specified in the Schedule and that in the Kerala Education Act and
Rules issued there under and ensure effective utilization of the school
resources;
(i) bring to the notice of the local authority and
education authorities, any deviation from the rights of the child, in
particular mental and physical harassment of children, denial of admission and
timely provision of free entitlements under sub-section (2) of section 3;
(j) identify the needs, prepare a plan and monitor
the implementation of the provisions of section 4;
(k) ensure provision for remedial and enrichment
coaching for children with special needs, late enrollments and slow learners
and conduct of meetings of Class Parent-Teacher Association and
Mother-Parent-Teacher Association regularly by the teachers;
(l) monitor the identification and enrollment of,
and facilities for education of children with disability, and ensure their
participation in and completion of elementary education;
(m) monitor the
implementation of the mid-day meal in the school;
(n) mobilize support and resources from the local
authority, the public and other agencies for providing better facilities for
both academic and co-curricular activities;
(o) prepare an annual account of receipts and
expenditure of the school for the amounts received by the Committee.
(16) Any money received by the Committee for the
discharge of its functions under the Act, shall be kept in a joint account of
the chairman and the convenor of the Committee and shall be audited annually by
a chartered accountant engaged by the Committee and presented before its annual
meeting along with audited report.
(17) The accounts referred to in clause (o) of
sub-rule (16) shall be signed by the chairperson or vice-chairperson and
convener of the said committee and made available to the Assistant Educational
Officer within one month of their
preparation.
(18) Utilization certificate in respect of funds
received by the School Management Committee shall be submitted to the authority
granting such funds, within two months of incurring the expenditure or within
two months of the next financial year, whichever, is earlier.
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