Dec 23 2016 : The Times of India (NaviMumbai)
CBSE gets say in picking heads of unaided schools
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Manash Gohain
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New Delhi:
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Private unaided schools
affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will no
longer be able to appoint principals or heads on their own as the board
has empowered itself to monitor such appointments in schools that fall
under its ambit. Also, teachers aspiring to be principals will now have
to qualify a Principal Eligibility Test (PET) conducted by the board, a
circular issued on Thursday said. According to a CBSE circular issued
to all state education directorates, school principals and other
stakeholders, it will now be mandatory for schools to include a CBSE
nominee and a state government nominee in their selection panels for
principals.
Further, these committees will have to comprise five or more members instead of the four , the new addition being that of the state government nominee. What makes this change significant is that the member with experience in school administration, hitherto nominated by schools' managing committees, will now be nominated by the chairperson of the CBSE.
This effectively means that out of the five members on the panel, two will be appointed directly by , or with the approval of, the CBSE. “Till now, it was the managing committee which used to independently pick the two, with the president of the society and the managing committee chairperson being the remaining two constituents. In case of private unaided schools, the recruitment used to be completely in the hands of the school management,“ said a member of the CBSE's governing body .
Further, these committees will have to comprise five or more members instead of the four , the new addition being that of the state government nominee. What makes this change significant is that the member with experience in school administration, hitherto nominated by schools' managing committees, will now be nominated by the chairperson of the CBSE.
This effectively means that out of the five members on the panel, two will be appointed directly by , or with the approval of, the CBSE. “Till now, it was the managing committee which used to independently pick the two, with the president of the society and the managing committee chairperson being the remaining two constituents. In case of private unaided schools, the recruitment used to be completely in the hands of the school management,“ said a member of the CBSE's governing body .
Voicing concern at the apparent
curtailment of autonomy , a principal of a private
school in Delhi said on condition of anonymity , “We don't really know
how reducing schools' members in the selection panel will help them. The
strength and kind of candidates vary from school to school. For that
there should have been more autonomy .“
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