Duties of the Head (Principal) - Educational Matters - General Administrative Matters - Financial Matters

Duties of the Head (Principal) - Educational Matters - General Administrative Matters - Financial Matters 

.. The duties of the headmaster in the above three aspects are as follows with respect to SCHEDULE I RULE 22 (I) MEPS. 

(1 )Educational matters --- In addition to his duties as a teacher in respect of the class or classes rough by him personality. a Head of a school, subject to such instruction as may from time to time be issued by the Government shall--

(a) be generally responsible for the efficient and effective education including physical education of all pupils in his his school.

 

(b) attend the school hours, devote his whole attention to the school during the appointed school hours, devote his attention to the school work and shall not do any private work during the school hours. 

(c) be responsible to regulate and control the quantum of teachers' work and be responsible to ensure quality of education in his school. 

(d) be responsible to provide broad guidelines for planning and evaluation.

(e) be responsible for the arrangements of pupils in his class or classes and for their promotions to higher standards according to their progress during the year and the result of the periodical and term end examinations.

(f) prescribe text books, hand books, work books etc. in consultation with the school committee.

(g) undergo and successfully complete orientation Courses, 

(h) be accountable for persistent low academic  performance in the S.S.C. and H.S.C. examination.

(2) Duties with regard to general administrative matters.

--- The Head shall---

(a) be responsible to the Management for the smooth and efficient functioning of the School.

(b) make all possible efforts to improve attendance in his school by -- 

(i) inducing the parents to require their children, to attend the school regularly;  

(ii) establishing contact with the help of his assistants with parents of  non attending children, inquiring into the causes of their absence or irregular attendance and inducing them to cause their children to attend the school regularly, 

(c) grant leaving certificates or extracts form the general register to the pupil or his parent on application and on the payment of prescribed fees, if any, 

(d) determine the number of working days and holidays within the frame- work of a schedule prescribed by the Education Officer and prepare the time table of the school ever year,

(e) be responsible for the proper maintenance of all school registers and records, 

(f) be responsible for the general organisation of the school including games and sports, for holding  periodical examination and for arranging co-curricular activities, 

(g) inculcate among pupils of his school, habits of cleanliness and neatness and he responsible for their conduct and discipline,

 

(h) supervise, control and co-ordinate the work of his assistants, be responsible for their efficiency and discipline and report forthwith to the Chief Executive officer of the Management, cases, if any, which may come to his notice of misconduct or breach of discipline among his assistants, 

(i) maintain the long-book of the work of his assistants,

(j) observe at least two lessons per week of the Supervisor or teachers or of both and to maintain a record thereof and periodically inspect the log-books maintained by the Assistant Head or Supervisor or by both,

 

(k) promote communal harmony and good will among pupils in his school and ensure that no discrimination of any kind is imposed on any pupil on the ground of his caste or community. 

(l)  work as the Conductor or Deputy Conductor or Supervisor at any examination conducted by Government and the Secondary School Certificate or Higher Secondary School Certificate examinations on being appointed by the Maharashtra State Board or a Divisional Board of Secondary and Higher secondary Education; and be responsible for the efficiency and discipline as per rules prescribed by the Government and Boards for respective examinations,

(m) work as Examiner or Assistant Examiner or Moderator or Chief Moderator or Paper Setter or Expert at any examination conducted by Government and the Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate examinations and also do such other work as may be entrusted by Government and the Maharashtra State Board or a Divisional Board of Secondary and Higher secondary Education; be responsible for the efficiency and discipline as per rules prescribed in that respect by Government and Boards, 

(n) grant casual leave to the employee of his school, 

(o) be responsible for the legitimate use of his school premises as per the directive of the Department and render all assistance for the smooth conduct of various examinations as per need of the Management in general and of the Department in particular, 

(p) arrange to convene meetings of the School Committee and the Academic Council, 

(q) supply punctually all information as may be called from time to time by the Department and the State or Divisional Board, 

(r) be responsible for ensuring that the school property of every description is properly cared for and for keeping the school premises clean and tidy. Any damage done to such property shall be reported by him to the appropriate authority,

 

(s) be responsible for the maintenance of service books, and periodical attestation in the Management in the service books of the employees in his school.

(t) assist the Management in the preparation and maintenance of the seniority list of the employees in his school, 

(u) be responsible and for communicating adverse remarks to the employees, 

(v) pay personal attention and be responsible for the timely preparation and submission of pension papers of the employees to the concerned authorities,

 

(w) bring to the notice of the School Committee the adequacy or otherwise of the school staff as required under the rules and make efforts to remove deficiency, if any, as early as possible, 

(x) perform such other duties and conform to such instructions relating to the education as may be required of or issued to him by the State Government, Director, Deputy Director or Education Officer, as the case may be,

 

(y) undergo and successfully complete orientation courses.

(3) Duties with regard to financial matters. 

--- The Head shall be responsible for ----

(a) subject to the instruction issued by the management, granting free studentships to the poor and deserving pupils, 

(b) preparing monthly or quarterly bills as the case may be in respect of pupils who have been awarded middle school and high school scholarships and submit them to the Educational Officer,

(c) disbursing promptly the middle school and high school scholarship amount to the concerned pupils,

(d) collecting fees from the fee paying students every month and crediting the same to the Bank account of the co-operative Bank before such date as may be prescribed by the Department,

(e) accepting the examination fees and scrutinizing application forms for the Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate examination submitting the fees and the application forms on or before the dates as may be laid down by the Secretary of the Maharashtra State Board or a Divisional Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education and maintain the accounts of the examination center and sending report of the final account to the Board within the time limit specified. 

(f) drawing annual increments of the employees on due dates, if otherwise not withheld for valid reasons, 

(g) preparing monthly pay bills of the school and submitting them duly verified and signed, to the Education officer in this behalf, 

(h) prepare supplementary claims of employees in his school and submitting them duly verified and signed, to the Education Officer before such date as may be specified by the Education Officer in this behalf, 

(i) prompt disbursement of recoveries from the salaries of the employees on receipt of invoice or pay bill or supplementary bill from the Education Officer, 

(j) maintaining the cash book of the school, bringing it up to date daily and attesting the same.

(k) maintain the accounts of the term fee, and other non-Government account and bringing them up to date regularly,

(l) giving prompt replies to the Audit notes of the Department as well as of the Audit Department. 

(m) undergoing ans successfully completing Orientation Courses.

APPENDIX TWELVE

(Vide Rule 62) 

SECONDARY SCHOOLS CODE

1. Duties of Head Master:

(1) To be responsible for all work and teaching in the school. 

(2) To be responsible for all work regarding school admissions, Examinations and Results. 

(3) To carry out correspondence of the school. 

(4) To supply information called for by the Department urgently.

 

(5) To prepare or to get prepared of class-wise time-table of the school.

(6) To keep the record of the school systematically.

(7) To supervise the work of Teachers and non-Teaching staff and to co-ordinate their work.

(8) To keep watch on the pupils' discipline.

(9) To arrange regular meetings of teachers.

(10) To see that the teachers and non-teaching staff attend to their duties regularly 

(11) To issue school leaving certificate to pupils.

(12) To prescribe text-books in consultation with the School Committee.

(13) To do actual teaching work of 4 to 6 hours a week as per prescribed rules.