AP - Conduct of School Management Committee Elections for the Academic Year 2024-25 Rc.No.SSA-16021/54/2023-SEC-CMO SS, Dated: 30/07/2024

PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE PROJECT DIRECTOR

SAMAGRA SHIKSHA, ANDHRA PRADESH

Present: Sri. B. Srinivasa Rao, I.A.S.,

AP - Conduct of School Management Committee Elections for the Academic Year 2024-25 Rc.No.SSA-16021/54/2023-SEC-CMO SS, Dated: 30/07/2024

Sub: APSS- CMO Section- Conduct of School Management Committee Elections for the Academic Year 2024-25 – Issued Schedule- Reg.,

Ref: 1 Govt Memo No.977203/Prog.II/A2/2019-5, Dated:22.11.2023

2 Memo No.977203/Prog.II/A2/2019-8, Dated:30.07.2024

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Order:

All the District Educational Ofcers and Additional Project Coordinators in the state are aware that the School Management Committees formed on 22.09.2021 in the state have completed the tenure of 2 years by 21.09.2023 and have been continued till the reopening of

schools for the academic year 2024-25 as per the Ref 1st Cited.

All the District Educational Ofcers and Additional Project Coordinators in the state are hereby informed that the Government of Andhra Pradesh in Ref 2nd cited issued the schedule and given directions to conduct Elections on 08.08.2024.

The schedule to conduct Elections in all schools except Private Management schools to reconstitute the School Management Committeesis as follows.

Guidelines for Reconstitution of School Management Committees (SMCs) in the Schools other than Private unaided Schools in the State. School Management Committee (SMC) Election Guidelines (2024)

• The School Management Committee (SMC) shall be constituted in every school other than Private unaided schools, within its jurisdiction.

• The Head Teacher shall reconstitute the committee.

• At least 50% of the parents/guardians should be present for conducting the Elections. The Head Master will decide the time limit for formation of quorum.

• Elections shall ordinarily be by show of hands or voice vote. In extraordinary situations of unresolved contention, secret ballot procedure may be adopted.

• Only one of the parents shall be eligible to vote for Election of parent/ guardian representative to the SMC.

• Parents/guardians having children in diferent classes shall be eligible to participate in the Election process of each class.

• The School Management Committee (SMC) shall elect the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson from among its elected

members preferably parent members. Provided that at least one of them should be a parent of a child from the disadvantaged group or the weaker sections. Provided further that at least one of them should be a woman.

• The members representing the local bodies and the head teacher or the in-charge head teacher shall not be eligible for participating in Election or they will not have any voting right.

• Electors of respective classes shall elect new parent/guardian members of SMC from entry class and also to fill in any casual vacancy.

• The School Management Committee (SMC) once constituted shall exist perpetually until its abolition or merger, to be authorized by the Mandal Education Ofcer in case of Primary Schools, Upper Primary Schools and the District Educational Ofcer in case of other schools. However members will retire as per their terms. The resultant

cyclical and casual vacancies shall be filled within reasonable time

as prescribed by the Implementation Authority.

• “The Implementing Authority' means the State Project Director,

Samagra Shiksha and it includes the Director of School Education,

Andhra Pradesh.

• 'Neighbourhood area of a school' means the habitations in a safe

walking distance of 1 km for a Primary School, 3kms for an Upper

Primary / High School having classes.

• 'Child belonging to socially disadvantaged group' means and

includes a child belonging to the schedule caste, schedule tribe,

orphans, Migrant and Street children, Children with Special Needs

(CWSN) and HIV afected/infected children.

• 'Child belonging to Weaker Sections' means a child belonging to BC,

Minorities and Includes OCs whose parents' Income does not exceed

as prescribed by the Government.

• There should not be any political interference. Legal action will be

taken in case of interruption in the reconstitution process.

• Tahsildar, Mandal Parishad Development Ofcer (MPDO), Village

Secretary or Village Revenue Ofcer (VRO), Village Revenue

Assistant (VRA) may be involved in the Election process as

observers.

• Order of preference for voting is Mother, Father, Guardian. However,

voting can be given to only one of them.

• Every voter should bring their ID card issued for this purpose by the

concerned authority or any other valid ID such as Ration card, Adhar

Card, Driving License, Voter ID or any other ID card issued by the

Government.

• In case of unavailability of parent members belongs to

'disadvantaged' or 'weaker sections then it can be filled as per the

existing rule of reservation.

• The composition of the Committee will be as follows:

• Elected members: Three parents/guardians elected by

parents/guardians of children in each class, of whom at least one

person is parent guardian of a child from the disadvantaged group

and another person is a parent/guardian of a child belonging to

weaker sections, and two are women. Provided that, in case, the

number of children in a class is less than 6, the same shall be

combined with the next lower or higher class, such that the number

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*SMC ఎక్స్ అఫిషియో సభ్యులు*

*1. మెంబెర్ కన్వీనర్ : HM*

*2. మెంబర్ : టీచర్. HM మహిళ అయితే పురుష ఉపాధ్యాయున్ని, HM పురుషుడైతే మహిళా ఉపాధ్యాయురాలిని నామినేట్ చేయాలి.*

*3. స్థానిక కార్పొరేటర్ / కౌన్సిలర్ / వార్డ్ మెంబెర్.*

*4. అంగన్వాడీ వర్కర్.*

*5. ANM*

*6. మహిళా సమాఖ్య అధ్యక్షురాలు.*

*కో-ఆప్టెడ్ సభ్యులు..: ఇద్దరు కో-ఆప్టెడ్ సభ్యులను నామినేట్ చేయాలి. వీరు పాఠాశాల అభివృద్ధికి దోహదపడే విద్యావేత్త / దాత / NGO ప్రతినిధి / పూర్వ విద్యార్థి అయ్యి ఉండాలి.*