Duties and responsibilities of Headmaster:-- There are very few person in the world who have more higher duties and responsibilities than those of headmaster. This statement is completely true, because no nation is built in legislative assemblies, and factories etc. but in school. In school, those citizens of future are made on whose shoulders, there is quantum of running the work of society, nation and the world. In this way, there comes very important responsibility on the headmaster. It is but natural, there arises a question that, that what are the duties and responsibilities of headmaster performing which he can make a nation? His first and foremost duty is regarding attainment of objectives of education. The chief duty of school is to achieve maximum of objectives which have been fixed by keeping requirements ideals and desires of individuals, society and the nation, ideals and desires in mind. Thus, being leader of school, the headmaster has to bear following duties and responsibilities for the achievement of these:--
(1) Planning
*Before Re-opening of the school
*On the opening Day of the School
*During the Sessions
*On Ending of The Session
(2) Teaching Work
(3) Selection of Course and Text-Book
(4) Arrangement of Co-curriculums Activities
(5) Arrangement of Physical Education
(6)Establishing Feeling of Discipline and General Morals
(7) Supervision
*Teaching Work
*Hostel
*Office Record and Office
*General Supervision
(8) Evaluation
(9) Establisment of Human Relations
PLANNING
The main duty of the head of every educational institution is to plan out. He is necessarily to plan out before conducting his various programmes and functions and activities. It is unavoidable that he has to plan out all his duties and responsibilities for whole of the year. But he should plan out them mainly on the following three levels necessarily:--
*Before Re-opening of the School:-- At this level, he is necessarily to plan out the following functions:--
1)- To announce the date of re-opening of the school after the summer vacations. Last date of receipt of application form for admissions, if the admissions are to be done by some sort of examination, fixation of its date and to arrange the examination on that date. These all dates and programmes should be displayed on the school notice board. Along with, if it is possible, those should be advertised in the newspapers.
2)- Formulation of rules regarding admissions. At the same time, to form these committees to which this responsibility is to be handed over. It is also to be fixed the number of students to be admitted in the particular class.
3)- He is to see in the school that furniture, other equipments, availability of books etc. In the library are sufficient or not, if not he should arrange for them. If the furniture is to be repaired, he should arrange properly for them.
4)- Required Registers and files are to be arranged.
5)- To get prepared the calendar of activities for whole sessions.
6)- As per requirement to appoint teachers and other staff.
7)- Whitewashing of the school buildings and polishing furniture should be arranged.
*On the Opening Day of the School:-- Planning should be done for arrangement of the following functions till the end of one week since re-opening of school:--
1)- Get prepared the inventory of teachers, inventory of students, and inventory of classrooms.
2)- Distribute the work amongst the teachers. At the time of distribution of work, the following points should be kept in mind-
A)- Interest of the Teachers:-- He should keep in his mind the interest of the teachers at the time of distribution of work. So far it is possible, they should be entrusted the same work in which they are intrested.
B)- Academic Qualifications of the Teachers:-- Besides interests of the teachers, headmaster should pay his attention towards their qualifications also. Under this, he should consider their academic qualifications, capacity of work, enthusiasm in the work, real ability etc.
C)- Equal Distribution of Work:-- The headmaster should keep in his mind that the distribution of work among all the teachers should be done equally so far possible. If the quantum of work is uneven, it create dissatisfaction among the teachers.
3)- Get prepared plan of their activities and lesson plans from each teacher.
4)- Plan for arranging various teaching aids activities and distribute the responsibility of arranging them on the basis of ability and interest of teachers.
5)- Get arranged for physical facilities as per requirements in the school.
6)- Arrange for school assembly, along with, through the organisation of the same, inform new students about all the activities of the school, rules and traditions etc.
7)- Selection of the textbooks, and directing students for buying them.
*During the Sessions:-- The headmaster should plan for the following functions during the session:--
1)- Organisation of teaching work.
2)- Organisation of various projects or teaching aid activities.
3)- Arranging for examination and evaluation.
4)- Organising lectures of experts.
5)- Arranging for room invigilation at examination period.
6)- Arranging for verification of written work of students, records of students and school records.
7)- To organise the direction-services.
8)- To arrange the school broadcasting programmes.
9)- Appropriate arrangements for correspondence with Education Department, Managing Committee and others.
*On Ending of The Session:-- The headmaster has necessarily to organise the following works and activities to discharge these functions inevitably:--
1)- Organisation of Annual Sports and Games Day, Guardians Day, Cultural Programmes and Annual Prize Distribution Day etc.
2)- To get prepared Annual Reports of Students.
3)- To get checked the attendance, accounts of fees etc. so that it may be known that no students is left without depositing the dues of the school before announcing the results.
4)- To get formulated the rules of class promotion.
5)- For the preparation of next session, to discuss on essential steps. In this regard, he should discuss on matters relating to up keep and development.
TEACHING WORK
Headmaster is a teacher first of all, and then an administrator. Teaching work by a headmaster is not essential only for guiding teachers notwithstanding it is the best source for contacting the student of the school. Through this, he can play an important role in developing general tone of morale. He should teach from 12 to 15 periods a month. He should distribute these periods among the highest and the lowest classes of the school. In other words, he should teach both classes necessarily the highest and the lowest as well. Along with doing teaching work for himself, he should exert for raising the level of teaching of the school. Thus is the chief duty of the headmaster that he should raise the level of teaching in school. For this, he is to arrange suitable and sufficient educational material necessarily. Besides it, new teaching principles and processes should be given practical shape and those teaching methods and teaching aids should be accentuated for use in the school through which child may learn easily. Along with, he should arrange for vocational literature in the school for increasing and raising the level of teaching in the school, and take necessary steps for the use of new techniques and devices or skills. In this regard, he should contact the training institutions which are constructing practical projects for making high level of education of school. In addition to that, he should send teachers to various seminars and workshops for participating in them.
SELECTION OF COURSE AND TEXT-BOOK
It is essential for headmaster to select and arrange suitable course and textbooks for the mental development of children. Though in our country, the headmaster is not an important figure in formulating syllabus. In this respect, the most important responsibility of headmaster is this that he himself should keep aware and known with the rules fixed by the Education Department and Secondary Board of Education and he should discharge his duties according to those rules. Besides, he should give suggestions to higher officers on their demand. But these suggestions should be given with the consultation of his colleagues because they know better about interest, capabilities, necessities and abilities. For this he can form a committee in the school which can provide suggestions and proposals regarding syllabus and teaching subjects at times. Indeed the syllabus formulated by the Education Department and Secondary Board of Education is an outline is an skeleton form. The headmaster is held responsible for completing those outline with bones and flesh. Thus, the headmaster has got very limited authority to take his decision. But he should use this authority with the consultation of his associates because he can make the fixed syllabus more useful and beneficial.
Along with course arrangement, it is his great responsibility to select textbooks, appropriately. The headmaster can suitably discharge his duty only when he will select them through the vision of children. Textbooks are very much helping in the development of good habits and feelings of various kinds in ample quantity in students. In addition to it, he should select those books which may help them in their mental development and motivate children for clear thinking, independent decision and analysis etc.
ARRANGEMENT OF CO-CURRICULUMS
In modern age, these activities are given much importance. Previously, it was considered that the main function of school was to impart education of subject only. But due to new theory, extra-curricular activities are supposed to be a integral part of the course or syllabus and now, these are known as co-curricular activities. Thus, in school, to organize them is supposed to be important responsibility of headmaster. Prior to organising them, it is essential to see for him that which activities can be run in school easily without hindrance, in which manner, the appropriate amount of money could be had from, for organising and running them. After having done all these things, it is necessary for headmaster to fix responsibility of teachers and students for organisation and administration of these. For this, he can form committee of students for organisation and conducting each activity and can put it under the guidance of a teacher who could provide his valuable guidance to that committee from time to time.
ARRANGEMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
It is ome of the major functions of headmaster that he should provide appropriate opportunity to his students for developing their physique. For this he is to arange for physical exercise, games and sports, drill, physical education etc. necessarily in the school. In their organisation and running, he should make his associates and students responsible. Besides, it is most essential to pay attention on medical check up, medical services, proper arrangement of drinking water, cleanliness of school premises and physical progress of students and keep informed the guardians from time to time about their defects.
ESTABLISHING FEELING OF DISCIPLINE AND GENERAL MORALS
For accomplishing the school -work suitably, discipline is necessary. Thus, it is the main responsibility of the headmaster to maintain discipline in the school. For this, it is essential to develop ethical qualities in the children, which may make their conduct the best. Thus for establishing discipline the headmaster is required to build the atmosphere of fraternity in the school. In establishing such atmosphere, personality of the headmaster himself, conduct way of talking human touch and administration play important role. General tone of school was very important place in social and ethical development of children. For establishing this the headmaster has to make most essentially atmosphere of cooperation, harmony and good moral. Besides, it is essential in the school, education of moral science, group prayer and organizing assembly. Along with he himself should participate in these activities regularly and actively.
Along with making of general tone level, it is to be watched that there is no infiltration of poisonous elements in the school community or society. Besides he should pay his attention towards coordinating life of school such as relations between students and students, teacher and students, teacher and teacher, teacher and guardian etc. At the same time, he himself should keep proper contact with students, teachers and guardians and other active members of society.
SUPERVISION
Are all the programmes of school going properly or not? For having knowledge of these things, the headmaster requires vigilant supervision on them. This is his most important responsibility. Through supervision only, he can have the knowledge of all the activities of the school and he can be successful in knowing this also that in which field are the weaknesses so that some steps may be taken to improve them. No part of the school is out of the vision of the headmaster because every section of the school plays some role in making or unmaking of students. It is not sufficient to pay attention on the teaching programme only, notwithstanding, what do students do outside, the school games and sports are the life of hostel, it is also necessary to see how students lead hostel life. The supervision of all these things should be done not only for the mental development of the students but also for the development of physical, social and ethical one. Study regarding responsibility of supervision of headmaster could be done under the following heads:--
1)- Teaching Work:-- The headmaster has got very important responsibility in this sphere. He has to look after teaching work of various classes regularly. If he prepare a plan of supervision programme, supervision of all classes and subject could be possible and no disturbance would be followed in this work. When he goes to classroom for supervision, he should keep a register with him. He should write down those suggestion through which he wants to bring improvement in teaching work and want to raise the standard or level high. He should give his suggestion in the form of advice only.
Hostel:-- School which have hostels, it also becomes a duty their headmaster that they should as and when supervise those hostel also. The headmaster should keep a watch on the food of students, management of food preparation, arrangement, of drinking water, the place of dining and cleanliness. Sometimes he should eat food with the students so that he should know what kind of food is served to the students.
He should inspect the sleeping rooms of the boys also and it should be watched too the cleanliness and light in rooms are proper or not.
The headmaster should look after the hostel activities. He should also see that the students properly utilise playground, library, reading room and common room etc. or not. In addition to that he should also inspect the Hostel Bye-lays, lig-book, stick register and attendance register etc.
3)- Office Record and Office:-- It is necessary for the headmaster to inspect the working of the office and upkeep of office record. He should watch daily correspondence and manage to send their replies as soon as possible. Besides, he should inspect look after various records of the office. For running the school work efficiently full attention should be paid towards these things.
4)- General Supervision:-- There come many practical responsibilities under this head. For example, co-curricular activities physical elements of the school, physiological activities, activities relating to subjects, activities of school union,cooperative store regarding school, canteen etc. He is to do inspection of these all for smooth running and he is to watch that there is no misuse of the resources. Meaning thereby, the energy money and time are properly being utilised. He should pay his attention towards physical elements of the school. School building, furniture, teaching material and library etc. He should manage supply and repairs and cleanliness etc.
EVALUATION
This is one of the important duties of the headmaster that he should evaluate his total arrangements from time to time. He has implemented,the policies, which have been formulated for running school. It what extent are they successful. To know this fact, evaluation is essential. To improve the level of teacher and for making it high and principles and processes which have been used those, and co-curricular activities organisation and direction, in getting the objectives of education, how far or till what extent have been successful or helpful? Discipline of school and its general tone, how far have they been helpful in developing social and moral qualities in children. To know all these things also, he requires to conduct evaluation necessarily. For the knowledge of all these things, the headmaster should use various methods, like observation, probing interview, questionnaire and record etc.
The headmaster should pay attention on the following points for knowing about progress, promotion, their capacities and difficulties etc. Of his students:--
1)- It should be watched whether "Question Paper" of examination are not too easy or too hard.
2)- Marking level should be examined.
3)- Weekly and monthly test should be arranged and upkeep of record of these test should be maintained.
4)- Cumulative record of children should be prepared. In these records, a detailed description of test of various aptitudes and qualities should be given, for instance, general knowledge, acquiring knowledge practical capability, social and citizen activities, expression, service motive, cooperation, health progress, traits of personality, character, firmness, leadership, industriousness, self confidence, self control, sociability and presence of mind. These qualities of students should be recorded and maintained in the office of the headmaster. It is very essential for him to know the opinion and ideas of teachers and guardians as well in this matter.
The headmaster has not to do evaluation only of his policies, processes and activities of children notwithstanding it is essential for him to examine his associates and actions of others functionaries of school also. At the time of evaluating the activities o these officials, the headmaster should keep in mind the following points:--
1)- He should tell clearly merit and demerits of his colleagues.
2)- He should conduct evaluation for bringing about improvement in their working.
3)- He should develop feelings of self-evaluation and self-development in his workers.
4)- For making human relations appropriate, he should have sympathetic and helpful attitude towards his subordinates. He should not conduct the evaluation with the view point of destruction.
ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RELATIONS
The most essential condition of success of headmaster is this that he should establish appropriate human relations with his colleagues, subordinates, students and their guardians and the other members of society. For this, he should keep the following points in the mind:--
1)- The headmaster should recognize his colleagues personally. Along with he should know about personality of each of them. Only by doing so he would not establish appropriate human relations with them,notwithstanding he could get willing cooperation of them also.
2)- The headmaster should endeavours to seek maximum participation from all the persons. For this, he should involve member of his colleagues decision-making, by doing so they would not come in his contact only but they would relise their responsibility also in each matter and perform that in a suitable manner.
3)- The headmaster should do development of policies and processes of school on the cooperative basis. By this he could establish proper human relations with his associates and students etc.
4)- The headmaster should develop faith, affection and feeling of respect in his associates and subordinates, students and guardians.
5)- The headmaster should strive continuously for the development of self and his colleagues.
(1) Planning
*Before Re-opening of the school
*On the opening Day of the School
*During the Sessions
*On Ending of The Session
(2) Teaching Work
(3) Selection of Course and Text-Book
(4) Arrangement of Co-curriculums Activities
(5) Arrangement of Physical Education
(6)Establishing Feeling of Discipline and General Morals
(7) Supervision
*Teaching Work
*Hostel
*Office Record and Office
*General Supervision
(8) Evaluation
(9) Establisment of Human Relations
PLANNING
The main duty of the head of every educational institution is to plan out. He is necessarily to plan out before conducting his various programmes and functions and activities. It is unavoidable that he has to plan out all his duties and responsibilities for whole of the year. But he should plan out them mainly on the following three levels necessarily:--
*Before Re-opening of the School:-- At this level, he is necessarily to plan out the following functions:--
1)- To announce the date of re-opening of the school after the summer vacations. Last date of receipt of application form for admissions, if the admissions are to be done by some sort of examination, fixation of its date and to arrange the examination on that date. These all dates and programmes should be displayed on the school notice board. Along with, if it is possible, those should be advertised in the newspapers.
2)- Formulation of rules regarding admissions. At the same time, to form these committees to which this responsibility is to be handed over. It is also to be fixed the number of students to be admitted in the particular class.
3)- He is to see in the school that furniture, other equipments, availability of books etc. In the library are sufficient or not, if not he should arrange for them. If the furniture is to be repaired, he should arrange properly for them.
4)- Required Registers and files are to be arranged.
5)- To get prepared the calendar of activities for whole sessions.
6)- As per requirement to appoint teachers and other staff.
7)- Whitewashing of the school buildings and polishing furniture should be arranged.
*On the Opening Day of the School:-- Planning should be done for arrangement of the following functions till the end of one week since re-opening of school:--
1)- Get prepared the inventory of teachers, inventory of students, and inventory of classrooms.
2)- Distribute the work amongst the teachers. At the time of distribution of work, the following points should be kept in mind-
A)- Interest of the Teachers:-- He should keep in his mind the interest of the teachers at the time of distribution of work. So far it is possible, they should be entrusted the same work in which they are intrested.
B)- Academic Qualifications of the Teachers:-- Besides interests of the teachers, headmaster should pay his attention towards their qualifications also. Under this, he should consider their academic qualifications, capacity of work, enthusiasm in the work, real ability etc.
C)- Equal Distribution of Work:-- The headmaster should keep in his mind that the distribution of work among all the teachers should be done equally so far possible. If the quantum of work is uneven, it create dissatisfaction among the teachers.
3)- Get prepared plan of their activities and lesson plans from each teacher.
4)- Plan for arranging various teaching aids activities and distribute the responsibility of arranging them on the basis of ability and interest of teachers.
5)- Get arranged for physical facilities as per requirements in the school.
6)- Arrange for school assembly, along with, through the organisation of the same, inform new students about all the activities of the school, rules and traditions etc.
7)- Selection of the textbooks, and directing students for buying them.
*During the Sessions:-- The headmaster should plan for the following functions during the session:--
1)- Organisation of teaching work.
2)- Organisation of various projects or teaching aid activities.
3)- Arranging for examination and evaluation.
4)- Organising lectures of experts.
5)- Arranging for room invigilation at examination period.
6)- Arranging for verification of written work of students, records of students and school records.
7)- To organise the direction-services.
8)- To arrange the school broadcasting programmes.
9)- Appropriate arrangements for correspondence with Education Department, Managing Committee and others.
*On Ending of The Session:-- The headmaster has necessarily to organise the following works and activities to discharge these functions inevitably:--
1)- Organisation of Annual Sports and Games Day, Guardians Day, Cultural Programmes and Annual Prize Distribution Day etc.
2)- To get prepared Annual Reports of Students.
3)- To get checked the attendance, accounts of fees etc. so that it may be known that no students is left without depositing the dues of the school before announcing the results.
4)- To get formulated the rules of class promotion.
5)- For the preparation of next session, to discuss on essential steps. In this regard, he should discuss on matters relating to up keep and development.
TEACHING WORK
Headmaster is a teacher first of all, and then an administrator. Teaching work by a headmaster is not essential only for guiding teachers notwithstanding it is the best source for contacting the student of the school. Through this, he can play an important role in developing general tone of morale. He should teach from 12 to 15 periods a month. He should distribute these periods among the highest and the lowest classes of the school. In other words, he should teach both classes necessarily the highest and the lowest as well. Along with doing teaching work for himself, he should exert for raising the level of teaching of the school. Thus is the chief duty of the headmaster that he should raise the level of teaching in school. For this, he is to arrange suitable and sufficient educational material necessarily. Besides it, new teaching principles and processes should be given practical shape and those teaching methods and teaching aids should be accentuated for use in the school through which child may learn easily. Along with, he should arrange for vocational literature in the school for increasing and raising the level of teaching in the school, and take necessary steps for the use of new techniques and devices or skills. In this regard, he should contact the training institutions which are constructing practical projects for making high level of education of school. In addition to that, he should send teachers to various seminars and workshops for participating in them.
SELECTION OF COURSE AND TEXT-BOOK
It is essential for headmaster to select and arrange suitable course and textbooks for the mental development of children. Though in our country, the headmaster is not an important figure in formulating syllabus. In this respect, the most important responsibility of headmaster is this that he himself should keep aware and known with the rules fixed by the Education Department and Secondary Board of Education and he should discharge his duties according to those rules. Besides, he should give suggestions to higher officers on their demand. But these suggestions should be given with the consultation of his colleagues because they know better about interest, capabilities, necessities and abilities. For this he can form a committee in the school which can provide suggestions and proposals regarding syllabus and teaching subjects at times. Indeed the syllabus formulated by the Education Department and Secondary Board of Education is an outline is an skeleton form. The headmaster is held responsible for completing those outline with bones and flesh. Thus, the headmaster has got very limited authority to take his decision. But he should use this authority with the consultation of his associates because he can make the fixed syllabus more useful and beneficial.
Along with course arrangement, it is his great responsibility to select textbooks, appropriately. The headmaster can suitably discharge his duty only when he will select them through the vision of children. Textbooks are very much helping in the development of good habits and feelings of various kinds in ample quantity in students. In addition to it, he should select those books which may help them in their mental development and motivate children for clear thinking, independent decision and analysis etc.
ARRANGEMENT OF CO-CURRICULUMS
In modern age, these activities are given much importance. Previously, it was considered that the main function of school was to impart education of subject only. But due to new theory, extra-curricular activities are supposed to be a integral part of the course or syllabus and now, these are known as co-curricular activities. Thus, in school, to organize them is supposed to be important responsibility of headmaster. Prior to organising them, it is essential to see for him that which activities can be run in school easily without hindrance, in which manner, the appropriate amount of money could be had from, for organising and running them. After having done all these things, it is necessary for headmaster to fix responsibility of teachers and students for organisation and administration of these. For this, he can form committee of students for organisation and conducting each activity and can put it under the guidance of a teacher who could provide his valuable guidance to that committee from time to time.
ARRANGEMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
It is ome of the major functions of headmaster that he should provide appropriate opportunity to his students for developing their physique. For this he is to arange for physical exercise, games and sports, drill, physical education etc. necessarily in the school. In their organisation and running, he should make his associates and students responsible. Besides, it is most essential to pay attention on medical check up, medical services, proper arrangement of drinking water, cleanliness of school premises and physical progress of students and keep informed the guardians from time to time about their defects.
ESTABLISHING FEELING OF DISCIPLINE AND GENERAL MORALS
For accomplishing the school -work suitably, discipline is necessary. Thus, it is the main responsibility of the headmaster to maintain discipline in the school. For this, it is essential to develop ethical qualities in the children, which may make their conduct the best. Thus for establishing discipline the headmaster is required to build the atmosphere of fraternity in the school. In establishing such atmosphere, personality of the headmaster himself, conduct way of talking human touch and administration play important role. General tone of school was very important place in social and ethical development of children. For establishing this the headmaster has to make most essentially atmosphere of cooperation, harmony and good moral. Besides, it is essential in the school, education of moral science, group prayer and organizing assembly. Along with he himself should participate in these activities regularly and actively.
Along with making of general tone level, it is to be watched that there is no infiltration of poisonous elements in the school community or society. Besides he should pay his attention towards coordinating life of school such as relations between students and students, teacher and students, teacher and teacher, teacher and guardian etc. At the same time, he himself should keep proper contact with students, teachers and guardians and other active members of society.
SUPERVISION
Are all the programmes of school going properly or not? For having knowledge of these things, the headmaster requires vigilant supervision on them. This is his most important responsibility. Through supervision only, he can have the knowledge of all the activities of the school and he can be successful in knowing this also that in which field are the weaknesses so that some steps may be taken to improve them. No part of the school is out of the vision of the headmaster because every section of the school plays some role in making or unmaking of students. It is not sufficient to pay attention on the teaching programme only, notwithstanding, what do students do outside, the school games and sports are the life of hostel, it is also necessary to see how students lead hostel life. The supervision of all these things should be done not only for the mental development of the students but also for the development of physical, social and ethical one. Study regarding responsibility of supervision of headmaster could be done under the following heads:--
1)- Teaching Work:-- The headmaster has got very important responsibility in this sphere. He has to look after teaching work of various classes regularly. If he prepare a plan of supervision programme, supervision of all classes and subject could be possible and no disturbance would be followed in this work. When he goes to classroom for supervision, he should keep a register with him. He should write down those suggestion through which he wants to bring improvement in teaching work and want to raise the standard or level high. He should give his suggestion in the form of advice only.
Hostel:-- School which have hostels, it also becomes a duty their headmaster that they should as and when supervise those hostel also. The headmaster should keep a watch on the food of students, management of food preparation, arrangement, of drinking water, the place of dining and cleanliness. Sometimes he should eat food with the students so that he should know what kind of food is served to the students.
He should inspect the sleeping rooms of the boys also and it should be watched too the cleanliness and light in rooms are proper or not.
The headmaster should look after the hostel activities. He should also see that the students properly utilise playground, library, reading room and common room etc. or not. In addition to that he should also inspect the Hostel Bye-lays, lig-book, stick register and attendance register etc.
3)- Office Record and Office:-- It is necessary for the headmaster to inspect the working of the office and upkeep of office record. He should watch daily correspondence and manage to send their replies as soon as possible. Besides, he should inspect look after various records of the office. For running the school work efficiently full attention should be paid towards these things.
4)- General Supervision:-- There come many practical responsibilities under this head. For example, co-curricular activities physical elements of the school, physiological activities, activities relating to subjects, activities of school union,cooperative store regarding school, canteen etc. He is to do inspection of these all for smooth running and he is to watch that there is no misuse of the resources. Meaning thereby, the energy money and time are properly being utilised. He should pay his attention towards physical elements of the school. School building, furniture, teaching material and library etc. He should manage supply and repairs and cleanliness etc.
EVALUATION
This is one of the important duties of the headmaster that he should evaluate his total arrangements from time to time. He has implemented,the policies, which have been formulated for running school. It what extent are they successful. To know this fact, evaluation is essential. To improve the level of teacher and for making it high and principles and processes which have been used those, and co-curricular activities organisation and direction, in getting the objectives of education, how far or till what extent have been successful or helpful? Discipline of school and its general tone, how far have they been helpful in developing social and moral qualities in children. To know all these things also, he requires to conduct evaluation necessarily. For the knowledge of all these things, the headmaster should use various methods, like observation, probing interview, questionnaire and record etc.
The headmaster should pay attention on the following points for knowing about progress, promotion, their capacities and difficulties etc. Of his students:--
1)- It should be watched whether "Question Paper" of examination are not too easy or too hard.
2)- Marking level should be examined.
3)- Weekly and monthly test should be arranged and upkeep of record of these test should be maintained.
4)- Cumulative record of children should be prepared. In these records, a detailed description of test of various aptitudes and qualities should be given, for instance, general knowledge, acquiring knowledge practical capability, social and citizen activities, expression, service motive, cooperation, health progress, traits of personality, character, firmness, leadership, industriousness, self confidence, self control, sociability and presence of mind. These qualities of students should be recorded and maintained in the office of the headmaster. It is very essential for him to know the opinion and ideas of teachers and guardians as well in this matter.
The headmaster has not to do evaluation only of his policies, processes and activities of children notwithstanding it is essential for him to examine his associates and actions of others functionaries of school also. At the time of evaluating the activities o these officials, the headmaster should keep in mind the following points:--
1)- He should tell clearly merit and demerits of his colleagues.
2)- He should conduct evaluation for bringing about improvement in their working.
3)- He should develop feelings of self-evaluation and self-development in his workers.
4)- For making human relations appropriate, he should have sympathetic and helpful attitude towards his subordinates. He should not conduct the evaluation with the view point of destruction.
ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RELATIONS
The most essential condition of success of headmaster is this that he should establish appropriate human relations with his colleagues, subordinates, students and their guardians and the other members of society. For this, he should keep the following points in the mind:--
1)- The headmaster should recognize his colleagues personally. Along with he should know about personality of each of them. Only by doing so he would not establish appropriate human relations with them,notwithstanding he could get willing cooperation of them also.
2)- The headmaster should endeavours to seek maximum participation from all the persons. For this, he should involve member of his colleagues decision-making, by doing so they would not come in his contact only but they would relise their responsibility also in each matter and perform that in a suitable manner.
3)- The headmaster should do development of policies and processes of school on the cooperative basis. By this he could establish proper human relations with his associates and students etc.
4)- The headmaster should develop faith, affection and feeling of respect in his associates and subordinates, students and guardians.
5)- The headmaster should strive continuously for the development of self and his colleagues.
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