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RTE Rules Preparation of School Development Plan

20. Preparation of School Development Plan
(1) The School Management Committee shall prepare a school development plan
in the month of November each year by calling a Gram Sabha involving all the
parents of the children enrolled in the school, the local peoples’ representative of
the Panchyat Raj institutions, the Mahila Samakhyas and also inviting a
representative of a prominent NGO working in the filed of education in the
neighborhood area of the school, if any.
(2) The school development plan, shall contain the following components:
(a) Estimates of class-wise enrolment for each year;
(b) Requirement of the number of additional teachers, including head teachers,
subject teachers and part time teachers, separately for Classes I to V and
classes VI to VIII, calculated with reference to the norms specified in the
Schedule;
(c) Physical requirement of additional infrastructure and equipments calculated
with reference to the norms and standards specified in the Schedule;
(d) Special focus on school sanitation, School safety, Health & Hygiene, Early
detection of disability and intervention plan;
(e) Additional financial requirement, year-wise, in respect of (b) and (c) above,
including additional requirement for providing special training facility
specified in section 4, entitlements of children such as free text books and
uniforms, and any other additional financial requirement for fulfilling the
responsibilities of the school under the Act.
(3) The school development plan should be signed by the Chairperson/Vice -
Chairperson and Convener of the School Management Committee and submitted
to the State Government or the Local Authority, as the case may be , before the
end of the financial year in which it is to be prepared.