(1) A School Management Committee shall be constituted in every school, other than an unaided school, within three months of the notification of the rules and reconstituted every two years.
(2) (a) The committee shall have twelve (12) members in addition to an ex-officio member:
Provided that six members of the committee shall be women;
(b) Of them, nine members shall be from amongst parents or guardians of students of the school:
Provided that proportionate representation shall be given to the parents or guardians of the children belonging to disadvantaged group and weaker section;
(c) Three members shall be from amongst the following persons:
(i) One member shall be from amongst the elected members of the Local Authority, to be decided by the Local Authority;
(ii) One member shall be from amongst teachers of the school, to be decided by the teachers of the school;
(iii) One member shall be from amongst local retired school Headmasters and teachers or children studying in the school, to be decided by the parents or guardians of the students of the school.
(3) The Head of School/Teacher in-charge of the school shall be the ex-officio Member-Convener of the committee.
(4) To manage its affairs, the School Management Committee shall elect a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson from among the parent members every year; the Chairperson will be elected from men and women parent members alternately every year; when the Chairperson is not a woman in a particular year, the Vice-Chairperson shall be a woman.
(5) The School Management Committee shall meet at least once a month and the minutes and decisions of the meetings shall be properly recorded and made available to the public.
(6) (a) The School Management Committee shall, in addition to the functions specified in clauses (a) to (d) of sub-section (2) of section 21 of the Act, perform the following functions, for which it may constitute smaller working groups from amongst its members;
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(b) Communicate in simple and creative ways to the population in the neighbourhood of the school, the rights of the child as enunciated in the Act; as also the duties of the Government of Puducherry, Local Authority, school and parent or guardian;
(c) Ensure the implementation of clauses (a) to (e) of section 24 and section 28 of the Act;
(d) Monitor that teachers are not burdened with non-academic duties other than those specified in section 27 of the Act;
(e) Ensure the enrolment and continued attendance of all the children from the neighbourhood in the school;
(f) Monitor the maintenance of the norms and standards prescribed in the Schedule to the Act;
(g) Bring to the notice of the Government of Puducherry/Local Authority any deviation from the rights of the child, in particular mental and physical harassment of children, denial of admission, and any lapse in provision of free entitlement as per sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Act;
(h) Identify the needs, prepare a plan, and monitor the implementation of the provisions of section 4 of the Act;
(i) Monitor the identification and enrolment of and facilities for learning for children with special needs and ensure their participation in and completion of elementary education;
(j) Monitor the implementation of the Midday Meal Programme in the school;
(k) Prepare an annual account of receipts and expenditure of the school.
(7) Any money received by the School Management Committee, shall be kept in a separate joint account of the Chairperson and the Member-Convener and be made available for audit every year.
(8) The accounts referred to in clause (k) of sub-rule (6) above should be signed by the Chairperson and Member-Convener of the School Management Committee and made available to the Inspecting Officer/ Local Authority within one month after the end of the financial year.
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