Work Load-Rule 21-MEPS

21.Work Load

(1) A full time teacher shall be present on the school premises during the working hours of the school up to 30 hours a week exclusive of daily recesses according to the requirement of the school.

(2) A full time teacher in a Secondary School or Junior college or Junior College of Education who is teaching in classes with an average enrollment of 30 or less number of pupils shall do actual teaching work for 19 hours per week.A teacher who is teaching in classes with an average enrollment from 31 to 50 pupils shall do actual teaching work for 18 hours per week.A teacher who is teaching in classes with an average enrollment of more than 50 pupils shall do actual teaching work for 17 hours per week.

Note 1- All work provided in the time table should be spread over within the respective hours of work specified in this sub -rule.

Note 2- A teacher shall,as far as possible, be full load of 17 to 19 hours of teaching work according to the enrollment of the classes in the timetable of the Secondary School or Junior college or Junior college of Education,But in case full load cannot be given for genuine reasons,it shall not affect adversely the payment of salary to such teacher.

Note 3- In the case of schools having shift system,full work-load as specified in sub rule (2) above shall be allotted to an employee in one shift as far as a possible.

Note 4- In the case of  Night school teachers ,they shall have half the work-load specified for the full-time teachers.

(3) For Schools having more than 20 classes ,the Head ,the Assistant Head and the Supervisor shall do teaching work for at least 4,8 and 10 hours per week respectively.For schools having 20 or less classes the Head and the Supervisor shall do teaching work for at least 6 and 12 hours per week ,respectively.

(4) The hours of working and attendance of non teaching staff of the schol shall be 38 & 1/2 hours per week ( inclusive of lunch recess) in the case of clerical staff,Librarians and Laboratory Assistants etc,and 50 hours per week( inclusive of lunch recess) in the case of lower grade staff such as peons ,hamals etc.

Note- The hours of working and attendance of non teaching staff in each cadre of Night School shall be half of those specified for non teaching staff in respective cadre of employees of day schools.