19. School Management Committee
A School Management Committee (SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE)
shall be constituted in every school, other than an unaided school, within its
jurisdiction, within six months of the commencement of the Act and reconstituted
every two years.
(2) The composition of the committee will be as follows-
(a) The committee in case of a primary school shall be a 27 member committee.
Of them 24 members shall be from the mother / father or guardian of the
children enrolled in the school. One member shall be the elected
representative one member may be the nominee of the mahila smakhyas of
the village concerned. The head teacher or the in charge head teacher of the
school shall be ex-officio member/convener of the committee.
(b) In the primary school, members will be selected as follows-
(i) mother / father or guardian of each of such child who has secured highest
percentage of marks in the annual examination of the preceding academic
session in class I, II, III, and IV;
(ii) mother / father or guardian of each of such child who has secured lowest
percentage of marks in the annual examination of the preceding academic
session in class I, II, III, and IV;
(iii) mother / father or guardian of children one each belonging to scheduled
castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes and muslim minority
categories who have secured highest percentage of marks in their respective
category in the annual examination of the preceding academic session in
classes I to IV thus taking four parents of the categories noted above from
each class.
(iv) Corporator / Counselor of the ward in urban areas and one member of the
ward of the Gram Panchayat in rural areas incharge of education, where the
school is situated;
(v) Head teacher or the in charge head teacher of the school shall be the
member convener.
(vi) An eminent educationist or a philanthropist or a person who supports the
school in the neighborhood or an eminent NGO representative as co-opted by
the School Management Committee.
(vii) There shall be atleast two children in the committee one of them may be a
girl child in case of a school running in co-educational mode, who shall be
special invitees. Provided that 50% of the members of the School
Management Committee shall be women.
(c) In an upper primary school, having primary section also, in addition to
the categories noted above, additional members will be selected as follows-
(i) Mother / father or guardian of each of such child who has secured
highest marks in the annual examination of the preceding academic
session in classes V and VI
(ii) Mother / father or guardian of each of such child who has secured
lowest marks in the annual examination of the preceding academic
session in classes V and VI
(iii) Mother / father or guardian of children one each belonging to
scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes and
muslim minority categories who have secured highest percentage of
marks in their respective category in the annual examination of the
preceding academic session in classes V and VI
(iv) Corporator / Councilor of the ward in urban areas and one member of
the ward of the Gram Panchayat in rural areas, where the school is
situated;
(v) Head teacher or the in charge head teacher of the school shall be
the member convener.
(vi) There shall be atleast two children in the committee one of them may be
a girl child in case of a school running in co-educational mode, who
shall be invitees.
(3) The Sarpanch shall be the chairperson of the School Management
Committee in rural areas and in Municipal areas the concerned Councilor /
Corporator shall be the Chairperson of the School Management Committee,
of the schools falling in their respective jurisdictions.
(i) There shall be a vice- chairperson of the committee elected from amongst
the members.
Provided further that if the chairperson is not from the scheduled castes, or
scheduled tribes or other back ward classes, the vice-chairperson shall be from
any of these classes.
(4) The Vice Chairperson shall be elected from amongst the members of the
committee representing the parent community.
Provided that the members representing the local bodies and the head
teacher or the incharge head teacher shall not be eligible for participating in
election nor they will have any voting right.
(5) The School Management Committee shall meet at least once a month and the
minutes and decisions of the meetings shall be properly recorded and made
available to the public.
(6) The School Management Committee shall, in addition to the functions
specified in clauses (a) to (d) of sub-section (2) of section 21, perform the
following functions:
(a) Arrange to demonstrate learning outcomes of the children in the areas of
reading, writing, simple arithmetic and comprehension, picking the children
at random from each class and shall also pay attention to student
absenteeism and teacher absenteeism and take steps to reduce the
absenteeism of children in particular
(b) Arrange to maintain a list of all children in the neighbourhood who are in the
age group of 6-14 years and shall take effective steps to enroll the out of
school children
(c) Ensure the implementation of clauses (a) and (e) of section 24 and section
28,
(d) Ensure the enrolment and continued attendance of all the children from the
neighbourhood in the school;
(e) Monitor the maintenance of the norms and standards prescribed in the
Schedule;
(f) Bring to the notice of the local authority any deviation from the norms and
standards relating to rights of the child, in particular, mental and physical
harassment of children, denial of admission, and timely provision of free
entitlements as per sub-section (2) of section 3.
(g) Identify the needs, prepare a Plan, and monitor the implementation of the
provisions of Section 4.
(h) Monitor the identification, enrolment and facilities for learning by disabled
children, and ensure their participation and completion of elementary
education.
(i) Monitor the implementation of the Mid-Day Meal in the school.
(j) Prepare an annual account of receipts and expenditure of the school.
(7) Any money received shall be credited to the bank account of the School
Management committee. The account shall be the joint account of the chairman
and the convener of the committee. The account will be made available for audit
when ever required. At the end of each year utilization certificate shall be
submitted to the authority releasing the grants.
(8) The committee shall also get the accounts audited by either a chartered
accountant or a local fund auditor or an auditor from the cooperative department.
A School Management Committee (SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE)
shall be constituted in every school, other than an unaided school, within its
jurisdiction, within six months of the commencement of the Act and reconstituted
every two years.
(2) The composition of the committee will be as follows-
(a) The committee in case of a primary school shall be a 27 member committee.
Of them 24 members shall be from the mother / father or guardian of the
children enrolled in the school. One member shall be the elected
representative one member may be the nominee of the mahila smakhyas of
the village concerned. The head teacher or the in charge head teacher of the
school shall be ex-officio member/convener of the committee.
(b) In the primary school, members will be selected as follows-
(i) mother / father or guardian of each of such child who has secured highest
percentage of marks in the annual examination of the preceding academic
session in class I, II, III, and IV;
(ii) mother / father or guardian of each of such child who has secured lowest
percentage of marks in the annual examination of the preceding academic
session in class I, II, III, and IV;
(iii) mother / father or guardian of children one each belonging to scheduled
castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes and muslim minority
categories who have secured highest percentage of marks in their respective
category in the annual examination of the preceding academic session in
classes I to IV thus taking four parents of the categories noted above from
each class.
(iv) Corporator / Counselor of the ward in urban areas and one member of the
ward of the Gram Panchayat in rural areas incharge of education, where the
school is situated;
(v) Head teacher or the in charge head teacher of the school shall be the
member convener.
(vi) An eminent educationist or a philanthropist or a person who supports the
school in the neighborhood or an eminent NGO representative as co-opted by
the School Management Committee.
(vii) There shall be atleast two children in the committee one of them may be a
girl child in case of a school running in co-educational mode, who shall be
special invitees. Provided that 50% of the members of the School
Management Committee shall be women.
(c) In an upper primary school, having primary section also, in addition to
the categories noted above, additional members will be selected as follows-
(i) Mother / father or guardian of each of such child who has secured
highest marks in the annual examination of the preceding academic
session in classes V and VI
(ii) Mother / father or guardian of each of such child who has secured
lowest marks in the annual examination of the preceding academic
session in classes V and VI
(iii) Mother / father or guardian of children one each belonging to
scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes and
muslim minority categories who have secured highest percentage of
marks in their respective category in the annual examination of the
preceding academic session in classes V and VI
(iv) Corporator / Councilor of the ward in urban areas and one member of
the ward of the Gram Panchayat in rural areas, where the school is
situated;
(v) Head teacher or the in charge head teacher of the school shall be
the member convener.
(vi) There shall be atleast two children in the committee one of them may be
a girl child in case of a school running in co-educational mode, who
shall be invitees.
(3) The Sarpanch shall be the chairperson of the School Management
Committee in rural areas and in Municipal areas the concerned Councilor /
Corporator shall be the Chairperson of the School Management Committee,
of the schools falling in their respective jurisdictions.
(i) There shall be a vice- chairperson of the committee elected from amongst
the members.
Provided further that if the chairperson is not from the scheduled castes, or
scheduled tribes or other back ward classes, the vice-chairperson shall be from
any of these classes.
(4) The Vice Chairperson shall be elected from amongst the members of the
committee representing the parent community.
Provided that the members representing the local bodies and the head
teacher or the incharge head teacher shall not be eligible for participating in
election nor they will have any voting right.
(5) The School Management Committee shall meet at least once a month and the
minutes and decisions of the meetings shall be properly recorded and made
available to the public.
(6) The School Management Committee shall, in addition to the functions
specified in clauses (a) to (d) of sub-section (2) of section 21, perform the
following functions:
(a) Arrange to demonstrate learning outcomes of the children in the areas of
reading, writing, simple arithmetic and comprehension, picking the children
at random from each class and shall also pay attention to student
absenteeism and teacher absenteeism and take steps to reduce the
absenteeism of children in particular
(b) Arrange to maintain a list of all children in the neighbourhood who are in the
age group of 6-14 years and shall take effective steps to enroll the out of
school children
(c) Ensure the implementation of clauses (a) and (e) of section 24 and section
28,
(d) Ensure the enrolment and continued attendance of all the children from the
neighbourhood in the school;
(e) Monitor the maintenance of the norms and standards prescribed in the
Schedule;
(f) Bring to the notice of the local authority any deviation from the norms and
standards relating to rights of the child, in particular, mental and physical
harassment of children, denial of admission, and timely provision of free
entitlements as per sub-section (2) of section 3.
(g) Identify the needs, prepare a Plan, and monitor the implementation of the
provisions of Section 4.
(h) Monitor the identification, enrolment and facilities for learning by disabled
children, and ensure their participation and completion of elementary
education.
(i) Monitor the implementation of the Mid-Day Meal in the school.
(j) Prepare an annual account of receipts and expenditure of the school.
(7) Any money received shall be credited to the bank account of the School
Management committee. The account shall be the joint account of the chairman
and the convener of the committee. The account will be made available for audit
when ever required. At the end of each year utilization certificate shall be
submitted to the authority releasing the grants.
(8) The committee shall also get the accounts audited by either a chartered
accountant or a local fund auditor or an auditor from the cooperative department.