Rights
and Responsibilities of PTA
Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers
Teachers have both rights and responsibilities under the Jan Shiksha Adhiniyam.
So far, the teachers were alone in the endeavor of ensuring good education. Now
they would have the support of Community and Parents through Parent-Teachers
Association in each school. Teachers cannot be deputed for non-teaching tasks
except with explicit orders of Government from state level (under Section 10).
This will provide more time to focus on improving quality of education. Teachers
have right for their professional development [Under Section 25(4) ].
- Incentives would be given for meritorious teachers.
- Teachers will ensure regular attendance of children in the school.
- Punishment of children in any form is banned.
Teachers will:
- Provide quality and remedial teaching to ensure achievement of children up to a
satisfactory level.
- Ensure equitable treatment to all children.
- Present and review the Annual Academic Report (Jan Shiksha Prateevedan) to
Parent Teacher Association to ensure transparency.
- Organise PTA meetings every month to consult and review the academic achievement
of children and other problems of school.
Rights and Responsibilities of Parents
The Act provides learning facility as per norm, now it is parents responsibility
to ensure all children enrolled in school.
Parents
have the right:
- To form Parent Teacher Association and elect President, Vice President and
Executive Committee.
- To identify suitable persons like retired teachers to contribute their time to
teaching in Schools on an honorary basis and enlist them through PTA.
- To see answer sheets of their children in meetings of Parent Teacher Association
and to take action to improve situation of weaker children.
- To admit their children in schools in mid-session, in case they migrate to
different destinations in course of the year.
- To augment the resources of school through Shala Shiksha Kosh.
- Management of School is the responsibility of Parent Teacher Association.
- Learning Achievement of Children would be reported to PTA in every quarter
[under Section 25(3)] .
- Parents to ensure regular attendance of teachers and students in school through
Parent Teacher Association.
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