Saturday, June 25, 2011

School Complex

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NORMS AND PROCEDURE FOR FORMATION OF SCHOOL COMPLEX :
School Complex was formed as per proceeding RC.no. 167/L2-1/2003 of the Commissioner and Director of School Education, Andhra Pradesh Dt.11.11.2003

In a School complex each secondary school is integrally related to 10 to 15 primary Schools and Upper Primary Schools i.e., Government, Mandal Praja Parishad, Zilla Praja Parishad, Municipal Schools, that exists in its neighbourhood so that they form one complex of educational facilities. For this purpose the secondary school must be full fledged with Headmasters post.
The Headmaster of all primary and upper primary school shall become the members of the complex. The school complex helps in sharing of staff and material by the schools situated in a locality, and it involves co-operative effort. If there is no high school in the comp-plex area with sanctioned post of headmaster, upgraded high schools may be considered. Where no secondary schools are available, a number of primary schools closely located can be clubbed to an Upper Primary School which will act as "lead"school. 
CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL COMPLEX
It is built around a secondary school. 
It is taken as a unit of educational reform or development.
It is used as a unit for introducing better methods of Instructions and evaluation and for regulating transition of children from one class to the other and from one school ato the other.
It will perform certain tasks given by the department and deal with the individual schools in its fold.
The Headmaster of secondary school will plan the work and gives guidance to all the schools in the area of the school complex. 
Each school complex shall have a committee under the chairmanship of the Headmaster of the Nucleus schools and the heads of the Primary and Upper Primary School as its members.
It will endeavor to improve standards through co-operative efforts. 
OBJECTIVES OF THE SCHOOL COMPLEX 
The school complex performs a facilitator role for improving the overall quality of the education by way of providing support in terms of men and material.
The school complex shall monitor the performance of individual schools and categorise the schools and teachers based on performance.