The first daylong workshop on capacity of new school management committees (SMCs) was organised by block education extension official (BEEO) at Ramratan High school, Phusro here on Saturday. This workshop brought together practitioners and organization interested in working with communities to discuss key challenges around affective implementation and operation of SMCs. The 200 new SMCs members, teachers and local mukhiyas took part in the workshop at the school premises. The RTE Act empowers parents and the larger community to participate in the everyday functioning of the school.
Though the new committee of SMCs, members are given the opportunity to monitor the delivery of basic provisions such as Mid meal scheme, toilet facilities and the like additionally ,its allows members to participate in the decision making process on important matters of government school such as expenditure, creation of school development and others, said BEEO Mahindra Singh.
On the occasion BEEO Mahindra Singh said the government has focused on ensuring quality education at all government -run schools by the strengthening the SMC s and giving them more powers so that teachers can be relived of non-teaching works and can society concentrate on imparting lessons, Though the selection of new SMCs member, members are given the opportunity to monitor the delivery of basic provisions such as Mid day Meal, toilet facilities, drinking water and the like.
A few others objectives discussed included dropout, matasamiti , attendance of students and timly conduct of classes .Those who were present on the function are Principal of Ram Ratan High school, nil Dubey ,BRP ,Arbind Singh ,all school heads and all SMCs head and others.