Qualifications and appointment of Head of a school MEPS ( Conditions of Service ) RULE NO 3

Qualifications and appointment of Head of a school MEPS ( Conditions of Service ) RULE NO 3:

3(a) (i) Must be the senior most trained teacher who has put in not less than five years service in a primary school having enrollment of students above 200 or having standards I to VII.

  (ii) of any other primary school shall be the senior most teacher in the school.

3 ( b) of a secondary school including night school or a junior college of Education shall be a graduate possessing Bachelor's degree in teaching or education of a statutory University or any other qualification recognized by Government as equivalent there to and possessing not less than five years total full -tie teaching experience after graduation in a secondary school or a junior college of education out of which at least two years experience shall be after acquiring Bachelors degree in teaching or education:

Provided that , in case of a person to be appointed as the Head of a night secondary school-

(i) he shall not be the one who is holding the post of the Head or Assistant Head of a day school ,and

(ii) the experience laid down in clause (b) of sub-rule (I) may be as a part-time teacher.

(2) In the case of appointment to the post of Head of a secondary school including night school or a junior college of education if there is no person with the teaching experience mentioned in clause (b) of sub rule (I),it shall apply to the Deputy Director for relaxing the requirement.The Deputy Director may after recording reasons in writing ,grant or refuse such relaxation.In such cases ,the appointment shall not eb made without obtaining the previous approval of the Deputy Director.

Note - In the case of a graduate teacher already in service in a secondary school or Junior College of Education for more than fifteen years on the ist

June 1963 ,the Deputy Director shall relax the requisite qualifications for appointment of such teacher as a Head.

( 3) The Management of a school including a night school shall fill up the post of the Head by appointing the senior most member of the teaching staff ( in accordance with the guidelines laid down in SCHEDULE " F" from among st those employed in a school ( if it is the only school run by the management ) or schools [ if there are more than one school ( excluding night school ) conducted by it ] who fulfills the conditions laid down in sub rule (I) and who has a satisfactory record of service.

Explanation- FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS RULE , THE CLAIM OF THE SENIOR-MOST QUALIFIED TEACHER HAVING SATISFACTORY RECORD OF SERVICE,FOR THE POST OF THE HEAD, MAY BE DISREGARDED ONLY IF HE,OF HIS OWN FREE WILL,GIVES  A STATEMENT IN WRITING TO THE EDUCATION OFFICER THAT HE HAS VOLUNTARILY RELINQUISHED HIS CLAIM TO THE POST.THIS SHALL NOT DEBAR HIM FROM BEING CONSIDERED FOR SUBSEQUENT VACANCIES AS AND WHEN THEY OCCUR.SUCH A TEACHER SHALL RECORD HIS STATEMENT IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING BEFORE THE EDUCATION OFFICER AND THE LATTER SHALL ENDORSE IT AS HAVING BEEN RECORDED IN HIS PRESENCE.SUCH STATEMENT ONCE DULY MADE BEFORE THE EDUCATION OFFICER SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE WITHDRAWN.

(5) In the case of a girls secondary school or Junior College of Education for Women, the senior most lady teacher fulfilling the conditions laid down in clause ( b) of sub rule (1) and having satisfactory record of service ,shall be appointed as the Head of that school irrespective of her seniority vis-a-vis the male teachers.

( 5) ( a) If a suitable teacher possessing qualifications laid down in the foregoing provisions of this rule is not available to fill in the post of a Head of a school,the Management shall ,with the prior permission of the Education Officer in case of primary schools,or of the Deputy Director in the case of other schools ,advertise the post and select and appoint a person possessing the requisite qualifications and experience.

(b) The application for permission to advertise the post shall be made at least two months in advance.The period of two months maybe relaxed by the Education Officer or the Deputy Director,as the case may be, in the case of new schools or in emergency cases wherein the vacancy could not have been anticipated.The advertisement shall be given after the permission of the Deputy Director or the Education Officer is received.Management shall ensure that the advertisement appear as in at least one daily newspaper having wide circulation in the region wherein the primary school or secondary school or Junior college of Education is located.

(6) The Education Officer or the Deputy Director shall direct the Management to cancel the appointments made without following the procedure laid down in this rule.

Explanation- For the purposes of this rule the record of service shall be deemed to be satisfactory if there is nothing adverse in the annual confidential reports of the teacher concerned during the previous five years.adverse remarks not duly communicated in writing to the teacher concerned,shall be disregarded for this purpose.