(1) It shall be the duty of the head of every recognised educational institution, to constitute a Parent Teacher Committee within thirty days of the commencement of each academic year;
(2) Till a Committee is constituted, under sub-rule (1) the committee constituted in the preceding academic year shall continue to function;
(3) The parent Teacher Committee for each educational institution shall consist of the following:-
(a) Three representatives of the parents of the students who have studied upto SSLC or above of whom one shall be a woman and they shall be selected from among the willing parents.
(b) The head of the institution;
(c) Three class teachers in the institution selected by rotation;
(d) the Secretary of the Governing Council of the Educational Institution;
(4) Whereas, the members of the Parent teacher committee specified by clauses (b) and
(d) of sub-rule (3) shall be ex-officio, the members selected under clause (a) and (b) of sub-rule
(3) shall hold office, for the period till the next committee is constituted under sub-rule (i).
(5) The functions of the Parent-Teacher Committee shall be as follows:-
(a) to redress the grievances of the students and their parents, if any;
(b) to devise such action programmes as could be conducive for a healthy student-teacher, parent-teacher, teacher-management, parent-management relations.
(c) any other activity conducive to the welfare of the students;
(6) The Secretary of the Governing Council shall be the Chairman of the Parent-Teacher Committee.
(7) The Head of the Institution shall be the Member Secretary of the Parent-Teacher Committee. He shall call for all the meetings of the committee, draw up proceedings of the Board and give effect to the decisions of the committee under the orders of the Chairman of the committee; All the proceedings of the committee shall be authenticated by the Chairman. The correspondence and other secretarial activities shall be carried on by the Member-Secretary.
(8) Every decision of the Parent-Teacher Committee shall be taken by an ordinary majority of the elected members present and voting. In case of equality of votes, the Chairman shall have a casting vote.
(9) The Parent-Teacher Committee shall meet atleast once in three months in the premises of the educational institution. If the Chairman is unable to attend such quarterly meeting, he shall authorise some other member to chair such meeting.
(10) Meeting notice shall be despatched to the members of the parent Teacher Committee at least ten days in advance. The quorum for the meeting shall be one-third of the total members of whom atleast one shall be a parent member.
(11) The first meeting of every monthly constituted parent-Teacher Committee shall be held on the day of its constitution. An order constituting the committee shall be issued by the Head of the Institution.
(12) Meetings of the Parent-Teacher Committee shall be held during working hours of the school with in the premises of the Institution.