The Various Forms of School Management in Our Country

Schools in our country are managed by the Centre, the States, local bodies,
municipal boards, district boards, religious organisations, private bodies,
registered trusts, and individually:

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(a) Schools Run by the Centre or States

As education is die responsibility of the Central and State Governments, these
Governments run and manage some schools. In the C and D lists of States the
Centre manage the schools.
(b) School Managed by Religious Organisations
Christian missionaries were the first religious bodies that began to control
education in the country. Other religious bodies like Arya Samaj Sanatan
Dharrna Sanstha, Sikhs, Parsis and other religious people began to run
schools and manage them.
(c) School Managed by Local Bodies
Primary schools are managed by the local bodies-the District Boards,
Municipalities and Corporations manage primary education in the country.
(d) Privately Managed Schools
Private bodies have played a great role in the education of the masses because
the Government did not find enough finance to run and control school
education since the early days of East India Company.
(e) Individual Managements
Some individual run and manage their own schools and do not like to take
grant-in-aid from the Government.
Thus, there are government schools wholly managed by the government the
private aided schools run by different types of management, and private
unaided schools.
Features of an Ideal Management
A good management has its own constitution. There is a managing committee
consisting of elected or nominates these members.

The General Body elects or nominates members. A management committee

has on its roll the representatives of teachers and of old pupils, the Principal
and the members from the General Body. Some management bodies have
seats reserved for guardians also.
The Manager is the Chief Executive of the Management Committee. He is the
boss. He is responsible for:
(a) Solution of all financial problems of the school.
(b) Distribution of salaries in time.
(c) In maintenance of provident fund accounts of the members of the staff,
and other accounts of the school.
Funds are kept in the name of the Manager. All moneys fees, grants, donation,
subscription are deposited in his name. The payments to teachers are made by
him direct or through the Principal or through a bank. The accounts are
auditable.
The Management Committee is responsible for all educational matters of the
school. It appoints teachers and headmasters or Principals under rules laid
down by the Education Department.
Its orders are final. It sees that the relations between the Headmaster and the
teachers, are happy, and where there are differences, the Management
Committee tries to make the relations smooth.
A good Management Committee takes a keen interest in the school affairs and
does not leave all matters for the managers to look after. All the members try
to see what is going on in the school and pay visits in the right spirit for school
progress.

The Management Committee sees that there is a proper accommodation in the

school that equipments are sufficient and adequate, that the sanitary
arrangements are satisfaction, that library and laboratories are properly
maintained, that games and other co- curricular activities are organised well.
A good management has an eye on every aspect of school life and a wish to see
the school developed.
But there are managements whose working is not satisfactory. The Managers
and other members of the committee are illiterate, money-minded and have
no interests in the school education. Some Managers use schools for their own
benefit and the members of the committee connive at their actions.
The lack of interest in school affairs by members of the committee is a general
complaint of private management.