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Maintaining Pupil-Teacher Ratio in each school RTE Rules

24. Maintaining Pupil-Teacher Ratio in each school
(1) Sanctioned strength of teachers in every school established, owned or
controlled by the State Government or the local authority shall be specified by
order in writing by the Commissioner & Director of School Education in
consultation with the Rajiv Vidya Mission, within a period of three months from
the date of commencement of the Act
 Provided that the Rajiv Vidya Mission and the Commissioner & Director of
School Education, shall, within six months of such order redeploy teachers of
schools having a strength in excess of the sanctioned strength prior to the order
referred to in sub-rule (1).
(2) The Rajiv Vidya Mission and the Commissioner & Director of School Education
shall review the teacher positioning every year before commencement of the
academic session.
(3) The State Government shall take effective steps to fill up vacancies of
teachers on a regular basis. If there is a delay in the recruitment, the School
Management Committee concerned shall be permitted to engage qualified and
trained personnel, temporarily, on consolidated remuneration as decided by the
School Management Committee to fill the time gap between arisal of vacancy and
actual placement of the teachers.
(4) The State Government shall cancel all such deputations of teachers where
salaries are paid by the schools but services are taken by some other offices or
institutions.
(5) If any person of the State Government or the local authority violates the
provisions of sub-section (2) of section 25, he or she shall be personally liable for
disciplinary action.