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Annual Report 2012-13Scheduled Caste communities. The members ofSRGs are instrumental in carrying forward thevarious capacity building initiatives of thedepartment in the field of education.Capacity building of Head Masters of theschools run by the department:Headmasters play a very critical role inimproving the overall management of theinstitution and quality of education in theirschools. Being the Head of the institution, she /he has to play the multiple role of a visionary,leader, guide, manager, administrator and a linkbetween different stakeholders to achieve thegoal and quality education for her/ his students.Considering their significant role, it was decidedto conduct a comprehensive training for theHead Masters of the SSD run school for effectivemanagement of Schools/ Hostels. Accordinglya 5 days Training Module for HM’s onEffective School and Hostel Management wasdeveloped for the HM’s training by involving themembers of SRG and experts from SCERT andother resource persons.Head teachers have been trained on areas likeRight to Education, aspects of School and HostelManagement, issues of Child Protection &Participation, Academic monitoring, SchoolDevelopment Plan to enable Head teachers tofunction more effectively and sensitively to theneeds and requirements of the students.Development of School and HostelManagement GuidelinesThe Schools run under SSD Department arediverse in nature therefore developing extensiveand uniform guidelines for these schools havebeen a challenging but unremitting thrust of theDepartment. The Department has developed aSchool and Hostel Management GuidelinesDocument for all the schools and hostels rununder the Department. This document isintended to provide precious guides to the Schoolhead and other stake holders on the following torun the school efficiently, effectively andmeaningfully: Minimum Common Standards ofManagement Practices; School and HostelManagement Bodies and Infrastructure; Rolesand Responsibilities of different Stakeholders ofSchool and Hostel; CommunicationMethodologies and Practices; PhysicalEnvironment and Classroom Setting, Pedagogy,Teaching and Learning Methods; Safety andSecurity of the Children in the School and Hostel;and Management of Finances and Records. Thedocument is going through the final revision andsmall changes and will be ready to print verysoon. A comprehensive instruction on school andhostel management has been issued to alldistricts.Establishing a monitoring framework for theschoolsPutting monitoring system in place for SSDschools, to ensure the effectiveness, improveservice delivery, planning and allocatingresources and demonstrating results has been anunremitting thrust of the SSD, Department. TheDepartment has issued instructions andguidelines through several Office Orders andCirculars to ensure the efficient management andsmooth functioning of the schools and hostels;school infrastructure; protection of the childrenand especially girls; quality of teaching andlearning; quality of food and water; cleanlinessand sanitation facilities; health facilities; andproper disbursement of the pocket money to theboarders.In its recent effort, SSD Department has launcheda new and comprehensive monitoring system fortracking the progress of the School and Hostelsrun under the Department. In view of theshortages of monitoring officials with theDepartment the Head Masters / Principals have42