STAFF-SERVICE CONDITIONS RECORDS AND INSPECTION- S.S.CODE-
CHAPTER
III
STAFF-SERVICE
CONDITIONS RECORDS AND INSPECTION
SECTION I
MAINTENANCE
OF ADEQUATE STAFF
Admissibility,
Qualification and Appointment of Staff:
57.1. The
teaching staff of the school shall be adequate and well-qualified having regard
to the size of the school, the alternative courses provided and the optional subjects
taught therein. Too many and/or too frequent changes in the staff militate
against the efficiency of the school and shall therefore, be avoided
(Please also see Annexure 63).
57.2. Schools shall maintain the necessary teaching staff on a permanent basis in accordance with the rules prescribed by government, from time to time, and shall not appoint teachers continuously on temporary basis from year to year. Schools found ignoring this directive and persisting in appointing teachers on a temporary basis from year to year will be liable for action.
57.3. All posts substantively vacant or substantively created must be filled in by substantive appointment, if eligible persons are available.
57.4. The managements of aided secondary schools shall reserve 34 per cent of the total number of posts of teaching as well as no-teaching staff for the members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Nomadic Tribes and other Backward Communicates as follows:
Per cent
(1) Scheduled Castes 13
(2) Scheduled Tribes 7
(3) Nomadic Tribes 10
(Please also see Annexure 60).
57.6. The needs in respect of clerical staff of schools having more than 1,500 pupils and their pay-scales will be considered by the Director on the merits of each case.
57.7. The pay-scales for clerical staff will be as prescribed by Government (Appendix Ten).
57.8. The number of full-time lower grade staff admissible to a school shall be as under:
(i) Schools having up to 7 full-fledged classes. up to 4
(ii) Schools with more than 7 classes one for every set of 7 classes or a part thereof, excluding the first 7 classes.
N.B.- (1) The staffing pattern with regard to the no-teaching staff as on 1st June 1963, if already approved, may be continued.
N.B.- (2) If any school maintains a lift used exclusively for school purpose, the lift-man appointed by it will be admissible provided the post of lift-man is one of the lower grade staff admissible as per above Rule.
(G.R.,E.D., No. SSN. 1074/35532/E, of 2nd January 1975.)
(Please also see Annexure 60).
57.9. The scales of pay for different categories of lower grade staff will be as prescribed by Government (Appendix ELEVEN).
Deputation of Teachers for Training
58.1. Managements of schools shall depute untrained teachers who were in service of the school on or before 15-7-1969 with salary and allowances for training sources of various types in accordance with the requirements of the schools and strictly in order of seniority of teachers in the school; provided the teacher deputed for training undertakes to work as secondary school teacher in any recognized school in the State for a period of five years. Expenditure on all or any of the three items mentioned below, if incurred by the management on deputation for training of such a teacher, will be held admissible for grant as before, but only for a period of five years, i.e. up to 31st March 1974:
(a) payment of full salary and allowances;
(b) expenditure incurred, if any , on payment of feed of the training course on behalf of such a teacher; and
(c) expenditure incurred, if any , on payment of travelling allowance of such a teacher for undergoing training.
58.2. The provision in Rule 58.1 above is applicable to:
(i) untrained graduate or post-graduate teachers [i.e. purely graduate or post-graduate teachers or graduate or post-graduate teachers with S.T.C./ T.D./Dip. Ed (1 Year)/Dip. T. (1 year) qualification, which is considered lower than the B.Ed. or its equivalent qualification] deputed for training for B.Ed . or equivalent qualifications; and
(ii) untrained undergraduate teachers [i.e. purely S.S.C. or under-graduate teachers or S.S.C. or undergraduate teacher with S.T.C./T.D./Dip.Ed. (1 year) qualification which is considered as not equivalent to the D.Ed. qualification] deputed for training for D.Ed. qualification.
58.3. Managements may permit teachers to obtain higher or additional qualification such as B.A., M.A. etc. provided the teacher applies in writing for such a permission well in advance and provided further that the normal work of the school does not suffer by such permission. The teacher so permitted cannot claim as a matter of right any kind of leave for the preparation of the examination. he will, however, be eligible to get the leave due and admissible for the purpose of appearing for the examination.
(G.R.,E.D., No. GAC. 1075/13152/E 14th February 1975.)
59. An untrained teacher shall acquire training qualifications within a period of five years from the date of his appointment.
60. No recognized school shall employ a person who is under 18 years of age.
Appointment and Duties of Heads of Schools
61.1. (a) The person to be appointed as the Head of a school shall be a graduate possessing prescribed training qualifications (B.T/B.Ed. or its equivalent) with at least five years of total teaching experience, after graduation, in a recognized secondary school or schools, out of which, experience of at least two years should be post-training experience.
(b) If a Managements desires to appoint a person who does not possess the prescribed teaching experience as mentioned in clause (a) above, it may approach the Deputy Director of the region, for relaxing this requirement . The Deputy Director may, after recording his reasons in writing, grant the relaxation at his discretion. The appointment of such person as Head of the school may be made by the Management only if such relaxation is granted by the Deputy Director. When such relaxations is granted, the person so appointed will not be held eligible for the Head Master's scale till he satisfies the conditions laid down in clause (a) above. He will be eligible for the scale of a teacher only.
Note - In the case of graduate teachers in service for more than 15 years on 1st Jun 1963, the condition regarding qualification may also be relaxed by the Deputy Director. The graduate teacher in whose favor such relaxation is granted shall be entitled to the Head Master's scale.
61.2. (a) The Management of a school shall fill up to the post of the Head of the school by appointing the senior-most teacher from among those employed in the school (if it is the only school run by the Management) or Schools conducted by it, who fulfills the conditions laid down in Rule 61.1(a) above and who has a satisfactory record of service, seniority shall be determined only in accordance with the guide lined issued by the Department from time to time. Record of service shall be deemed to be satisfactory if there is nothing adverse in the annual confidential record of the teacher concerned during the previous five years. Adverse remarks not duly communicated to the teacher concerned shall be disregarded for this purpose. In case the Management had not maintained annual confidential Reports of teachers, it will be necessary for the Management to produce a recorded evidence in support of unsatisfactory work of he teacher concerned before rejecting his claim for the post of Head/Assistant Head. The claims of the senior-most qualified teacher having satisfactory record of service, to 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/ Educational Inspector that he has voluntarily relinquished his claim to the post. (Such statement of the teacher concerned shall be recorded in the hand of the teacher himself before the Education Officer/ Educational Inspector and the latter shall endorse it as having been recorded in his presence. Such statement once duly made before the Education Officer/Educational Inspector shall not be allowed to be withdrawn).
Exceptions.- In the case of a Girls' school that is a school run exclusively for girls, the senior most lady teacher, fulfilling the conditions laid down in Rule 61.1(a) above and having satisfactory record of service shall be appointed as Head Mistress of that school irrespective of her seniority vis-a-vis the male teachers.
(b) If a suitable teacher in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) above is not available to fill up the post of Head of the school, the Management shall, with the prior permission of the Deputy Director of Education of the Region concerned, advertise the post and select and appoint as the Head a suitable, qualified and experienced person fulfilling the provisions of clause (a) of Rule 61.1 The application for permission to advertise the post shall be made at least two months in advance. The period of two months may be relaxed by the Deputy Director in the cases of new schools or in emergent cases wherein the vacancy could not have been anticipated. The advertisement shall be given only after the permission of the Deputy Director has been received. The advertisement shall appear in at least one daily newspaper having sizable circulation in the Region wherein the school is located.
(c) Management of a school with more than 20 classes may appoint an Assistant Head to assist the Head in his administrative and supervisory duties. Provisions of clause (a) above (together with the exception thereunder) and of clause (b) above shall apply also to the appointment of the Assistant Head.
(Please also see Annexure 60).
(d) A teacher who is, in any way, aggrieved by the appointment by the made by the Management of the Head or Assistant Head of his school may make an appeal to the Director within thirty days from the date such appointment. The Director may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if he is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within such period. The Director may pass such order on the appeal as he deems fir. A copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Management which shall comply with the orders forthwith. The order of the Director shall be final.
(G.R.,E. & Y.S.D. No. GAC. 1077/289/XXX-XXXVII, dated 3rd June 1977 read with G.R.,E. & Y.S.D. No. GAC. 1078/359/XXX-XXXVII of 31st July 1978).
62. The duties of the Head Master, Assistant Head master, Supervisor and Teacher shall be as shown in Appendix TWELVE.
(G.R.,E. & Y.S.D. No. GAC. 1076/380/XXX of 16th July 1976).
Appointment of Supervisors
63.1. (i) Schools with more than ten classes should appoint one or more supervisors subordinate to the Head with the approval of the appropriate authority.
63.1. (ii) The number of posts of supervisors should be regulated in the following manner:
(1) Schools with 10 or less than 10 No Supervisors.
(2) Schools with more than 10 classes . . One post of supervisor for 10 classes or part thereof (excluding the first 10 classes) but not exceeding 4 posts of supervisors.
63.1. (iii) The number of posts supervisors admissible to a school on the above basis shall be reduced by one if the school has appointed an Assistant Head [ vide Rule 61.2(c)]
63.2. (i) Qualifications for supervisors shall be the same as for the Head of as school.
63.2. (ii) While appointing supervisors the claims of senior and qualified teachers already working in the school should be duly considered. Supervisor ship need not be permanent but may be routing.
63.2. (iii) No undergraduate teacher shall ordinarily be appointed as a supervisor.
(Please also see Annexure 21,45,46,47,52 and 60).
Appointment of Untrained Teachers
64. An untrained teacher other than a specialist teacher should not be appointed permanently in any recognized school. Special cases of teacher of outstanding merit, who may not possess the necessary academic and/or professional qualifications, should be referred to the appropriate authority for approval.
(Please also see Annexures 21,45,46,47,and 52).
Qualifications of Trained Teachers
65. A teacher will be considered as trained only if he possesses any of the following qualifications;
(1) For Graduate Teachers:
(i) The B.T./B.Ed. degree of any of the statutory Universities situated in this State or its equivalent;
(ii) The Teaching Diploma of any of the statutory Universities situated in the State if the person holding it is appointed before 1-10-1070;
(iii) The S.T. Certificate of the Education Department of this State if the person holding it is appointed before 1-10-1970;
(iv) The Diploma in Education of the Graduates Basic Training Centers;
(v) The Diploma in Physical Education recognized by Government or its equivalent;
(vi) Any other degree, diploma or certificate which Government or the Inter-University Board may sanction as equivalent to any of the above qualification.
(2) For Undergraduate Teachers:
(i) The Diploma in Education of Nagpur and Bombay Universities which is awarded two years after S.S.C. Examination;
(ii) The S.T. Certificate of the Education Department or the T.D. of any other statutory Universities in the State, if the person holding it is appointed before 1-10-1970;
(iii) Certificate in P. Ed. recognized by the Department if the person holding it is appointed before 1-6-1971;
(Please alSo see Annexure no 68).
(G.R.,E. & Y.S.D. No. GAC. 1077/669/XXX-XXXVII of 18th October 1977).
(iv) The Diploma in Education (D.Ed.) (Primary) awarded by the Government of Maharashtra;
(v) Any other equivalent diploma or certificate approved by the Department or Inter-University Board.
(3) For Drawing Teachers:
A Drawing Teacher's or a Drawing master's Certificate or an Art Master's Certificate or Arts Teacher's Diploma or Art Master's Diploma.
(G.R.,E. & Y.S.D. No. GAC. 1072/57236-E of 16th October 1972).
(4) For Craft Teachers:
A Certificate of having completed the special course in craft run by the Directorate of Technical Education or any other equivalent course approved by the Department with a minimum duration of six months.
(5) For Language Teachers (Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, etc.):
For Graduate Teachers any degree, diploma or certificate which Government or the Inter-University Board may sanction as equivalent to the professional qualification as stated under sub-Rule (1) above.
(Please also see Annexure 19,20 and 26).
Note.- persons is service on 1st June 1963 with qualifications so far approved by the Department or for the posts held by them will continue to be considered as with approved qualifications.
Cadres of Teachers:
66. This Rule is deleted.
SECTION II
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
Application of Rules of Conditions of Service
67.1. (a) Unless otherwise specifically mentioned, the service condition rules including the rules governing the termination of employment given in this section apply to both full-time and part-time teachers and the no-teaching staff employed in no-Government schools except that:
(i) the requirement of professional qualifications will not hold good in the case of the non-teaching staff who will be treated as permanent for all purposes on completion of two years' satisfactory service, However, the clerical staff shall have to undergo an in-service training courses, if any, provided by the Department in order to be eligible for confirmation;
(ii) the lower grade staff will be treated as permanent for all purposes in completion of two years' satisfactory service;
(iii) the non-teaching staff will not be held eligible for any kind of vacations provided for the teaching staff, as they belong to the non-vacation department;
(iv) the service rendered in Night High Schools by the teaching and non-teaching employees will be regarded as part-time service and dealt with accordingly.
Selection and Appointment of Staff
67.1. (b) Appointments of teaching (expect the head) and non-teaching staff in a school shall be made by the School committee in consultation with the head of the school concerned.
67.2. (a) For every appointment made in a school, for a part-time or a full-time post, or for a teaching or a non-teaching post, the candidates intending for being considered for appointment shall make an application in writing, giving full details regarding name, date of birth, educational and/or professional qualifications and experience, etc., attaching true copies of the original certificates/diplomas.
67.2. (b) A letter of appointment order in the form given in appendix THIRTEEN shall be given to a candidate appointed in the post. The letter of appointment must be accompanied by a statement giving the terms of employment and conditions of service which should not be contrary to the provisions in this code. A receipt in token of having received these shall be obtained from the candidate appointed.
67.3.Every employee shall undergo a medical examination by a registered medical practitioner named by the management within three months of the appointment.The appointment would be conditional pending certificate that he is free from any communicable disease and that he is physically fit to be employed on the teaching or non teaching staff of the school.This condition shall be specified in the statement giving the terms of employment and conditions of service issued to each employee with the appointment order.
67.4 The school shall maintain a register of addressees of all its employees.Any change of address shall be immediately intimated to the school by the employee concerned.
67.5 A service book in the prescribed pro-forma shall be maintained for each employee in the school within three months from the date of his appointment.
( Please see Appendix FOURTEEN)
67.6 The entries in the service book, especially those relating to date of birth,educational and professional qualifications etc should be verified by the Head of the school personally from the original certificates " should be made in the respective columns and signed and dated by the Head after verification.The date of birth should be verified from the original school leaving certifiacte or S.S.C Examination certificate.The Educational and /or professional qualifications should be verified from the original certificates/diplomas/degrees of the examinations passed by the candidates.
(Please also see Annexure 53 )
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