- Head of the school/Principal will
be the ex-officio. Honorary Secretary of the School Managing
Committee.
- Will function as, the Head of the
office of the school under his charge and carry out all
administrative duties required of a head of office.
- Be the drawing and disbursing
officer for the employees of the school except that in the
case of an unaided school, he may perform only such
function, as drawing and disbursing officer as may be
specified in the instructions issued by the Society.
- Be responsible for the proper
maintenance of accounts of the school, school records,
service books of teachers, and such other registers, returns
and statistics as may specified by the Society/Board.
- Handle official correspondence
relating to the school and furnish within the specified
dates, the returns and information required by the State
Government/ Board or any other office.
- Make all payments (including
salaries and allowances of teachers and other non- teaching
staff) in time and according to the instructions governing
such payment.
- Ensure that the tuition fees, as
levied, are realised and appropriately accounted for and
duly appreciated for the purpose for which they were levied.
- Make purchases of stores and
other materials required for the school in accordance with
rules governing such purchases and enter all such stores in
stock register and shall scrutinize the bills and make
payments.
- Conduct physical verification of
school property and stock at least once a year and ensure
the maintenance of stock registers neatly and accurately.
- Be responsible for utilization of
the Pupils Fund.
- Make satisfactory arrangements
for the supply of goods, drinking water and provide other
facilities for the pupils and ensure that the school
building, its fixtures, office equipment, lavatories, play
grounds, school garden and other properties are properly and
carefully maintained.
- Supervise, guide and control the
work of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.
- Be incharge of admission in the
school, preparation of school timetable, allocation of
duties and teaching load to the teachers, and shall provide
necessary facilities to the teachers in the discharge of
their duties and conduct of school examination in accordance
with the instructions issued by the Government/ Board from
time to time: and he/she shall discharge these duties in
consultation with his colleagues.
- Plan the year’s academic work in
advance in consultation with his colleagues and hold staff
meeting at least once a month, review the work done during
the month and assess the progress of the pupils.
- Help and guide the teachers to
promote their professional growth and actively encourage
their participation in courses designed for in service
education.
- Promote the initiative of the
teachers for self-improvement and encourage them to
undertake experiments which are educationally sound.
- Supervise class room teaching and
secure co-operation and coordination amongst teachers of the
same subject areas as well as inter subject coordination.
- Arrange for special remedial
teaching of the children belonging to the weaker sections of
the community also of other children who need such remedial
teaching.
- Arrange for informal and
non-class room teaching.
- Plan and specify a regular
time-table for the scrutiny of pupil’s written work and home
assignment and ensure that the assessment and corrections
are carried out timely and effectively.
- Make necessary arrangement for
organising special instructions for the pupils according to
their needs.
- Organise and coordinate various
co-curricular activities through the house systems or in
such other effective ways as he/she may think fit.
- Develop and organise the library
resources and reading facilities in the school and ensure
that the pupils and teachers have access to and use of books
and journals of established value and usefulness.
- Send regularly the progress
reports of the students to their parents or guardians.
- Promote the physical well-being
of the pupil, ensure high standard of cleanliness and health
habits and arrange periodical medical examinations of the
students and send medical reports to guardians.
- Devote at least twelve periods in
a week to teaching of the pupils.
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