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School Planning and Management

School Leadership & Policy

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Overview

School management covers planning, organising resources, records, timetables and coordination so that teaching and learning run smoothly.

Key points

Key functions: planning, organising, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting and budgeting.
The timetable balances subjects, teacher load and student fatigue.
Records include admission and attendance registers, cumulative records and stock registers.
UDISE+ is the national school data system.
Mid-day meal and infrastructure need regular monitoring.
The School Management Committee shares responsibility under the RTE Act.

Explanation

Heavier subjects are placed in early periods.
Digital records reduce paperwork.
Delegation to teachers builds ownership.
Transparent use of funds builds trust.
Regular staff meetings improve coordination.

Step by step

Identify the concept, thinker or policy being tested.
Recall the exact definition, stage or provision.
Prefer inclusive, child-centred and evidence-based choices; reject punitive or labelling ones.

Examples

Placing mathematics in the first periods and games later → timetable principle.
Updating attendance daily in UDISE+-linked systems → record keeping.
Assigning a teacher in charge of the library → delegation.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Ignoring student fatigue in timetables.
Trap: Poor records.
Trap: Centralising every decision.

Quick revision

Management functions.
UDISE+.
SMC role.

Practice MCQs

Delegation means —
1. doing every task oneself
2. assigning responsibility and authority to others
3. removing staff
4. avoiding work
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Answer: (b) assigning responsibility and authority to others. It develops staff and saves the leader’s time.
The school timetable is best prepared by —
1. a clerk alone
2. the head teacher with teachers
3. students alone
4. parents alone
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Answer: (b) the head teacher with teachers. Teachers’ inputs make it workable.
Which national data system collects school-level information in India?
1. NAAC
2. UDISE+
3. NIRF
4. DIKSHA
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Answer: (b) UDISE+. UDISE+ is the national school data system.
When preparing a timetable, heavier subjects are usually placed —
1. randomly
2. in the last period
3. in the early periods
4. after lunch only
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Answer: (c) in the early periods. Students are fresher early in the day.
Under the RTE Act, school management is shared with the —
1. Panchayat Samiti only
2. School Management Committee
3. Police
4. Election Commission
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Answer: (b) School Management Committee. SMCs share responsibility for school management.
Assigning a teacher in charge of the library is an example of —
1. delegation
2. punishment
3. centralisation
4. assessment
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Answer: (a) delegation. Delegation shares responsibility and builds ownership.
Which is a school record?
1. Admission register
2. Railway timetable
3. Bank passbook of a student
4. Newspaper
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Answer: (a) Admission register. Admission and attendance registers are basic school records.
Transparent use of school funds mainly builds —
1. trust in the community
2. more paperwork
3. fewer students
4. higher fees
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Answer: (a) trust in the community. Transparency builds trust.
Which functions are part of school management?
1. Only teaching
2. Only fee collection
3. Only sports
4. Planning, organising, coordinating and reporting
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Answer: (d) Planning, organising, coordinating and reporting. Management covers planning, organising, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting and budgeting.
Regular staff meetings mainly improve —
1. coordination
2. fees
3. enrolment age
4. textbook prices
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Answer: (a) coordination. Meetings help coordinate work.