Ensuring Safety and Security: CBSE Guidelines for Schools

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School Safety & Security

After few  incidents in a private schools, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) issued a notice to all its affiliated schools enlisting new safety guidelines to ensure a child’s safety and security in school premises.

Notification released on 12 September 2017 by the CBSE keeping students safe within schools would “solely lie upon the school authorities”. The guidelines came amid increased concerns about the safety of students in school premises following the gruesome incidents.

“As the children are spending most of their time in school, the concern of parents about the safety of school children is increasing every other day regarding their physical safety, mental & emotional health or child abuse owing to increasing incidents involving safety and well-being of school children. The onus for safety and security of children in school campus shall solely lie upon the school authorities. It is a fundamental right of a child to engage and study in an environment where he/she feels safe and is free from any form of physical or emotional abuse or harassment,” the CBSE directive stated.

The CBSE circular, published on the official website, stated that the CBSE-affiliated schools will have to comply with the new guidelines within two months from the release of notification.

The new safety guidelines issued are as follows:

1) Schools should strive to promote a better understanding amongst their teachers and staff on the laws protecting the safety, security and interests of the students and device means to take immediate remedial and punitive action against such violations. The staff members should also be educated to recognize their protective obligation towards students and to ensure safety and well-being of children in schools.

2) Schools will need to get the security /safety audit done on their premises and personnel from their respective local police station within the next two months.

3) Install CCTV Cameras at all vulnerable areas/point in the School premises and ensure they are functional at all times.

4) Police Verification and Psychometric evaluation must be conducted for all staff employees, emphasizing this be done meticulously for non-teaching staff as well like bus conductors, drivers, peon, and other support staff.

5) Ensure that supporting staff is employed only from authorized agencies and proper records are maintained.

6) Constitute parent-teacher-students committee to address the safety and security needs of the students and to take regular feedback from parents in this regard.

7) Closely monitor access to school buildings by outsiders and visitors.

8) Provide training and development for staff to address their responsibilities to protect children from any form of abuse.

9) The schools shall constitute separate committees for redressal of public, staff, parents, students grievances, Internal Complaints committee on sexual harassment and committees under POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offence) Act, 2012 and details of the these committees along with contact details shall be displayed prominently on School Notice Board and conspicuously on the school website for information of all stakeholders.

Making the safety guidelines mandatory for all its affiliated schools, the notification also said, “Any violation or lapses with regard to safety and well-being of children in school campus would invite appropriate action including the disaffiliation of the school as per the provisions under affiliation bye-laws of the board.”

CBSE CIRCULAR LINK:

https://cbse.nic.in/newsite/circulars/2017/Circular%20Safety%20in%20School%2012.09.2017.pdf

CBSE Re-engineered Affiliation Process

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CBSE Re-engineered Affiliation Process

CBSE has Re-engineered the Affiliation Process in January 2021. Now you may have below questions:

  1. What are the changes in CBSE rules from Jan 2021?
  2. How new CBSE affiliation process will work ?
  3. Is it easy or hard now to get CBSE Affiliation?

If you have all above questions in your mind, I will say not to worry.  CSBE has made things easier and faster now. I am putting few points in simple words here.

There are very few additions in rules and the process is made faster for schools to get affiliation. Below are points made by CBSE in new Re-engineered Affiliation Process.

  1. The entire Affiliation Process will complete in 4 Months.
  2. AI and Machine Driver process will do Automatic Approval for Affiliation.
  3. Provision of Virtual Inspection.
  4. Technology Driven
  5. Transparent Process.

So now this is clear that CBSE is more concern about delay in process of affiliation and now this is made faster with new process change. 

CHECK POINTS YOU MUST KNOW!
Check 1 : Obtain Digital Signatures for using the Affiliation System.
Check 2 : Schools must keep the OASIS data base updated. This will be a credible source of information of sch ools. All schools must mandatorily disclose information on their websites as per the section 3.4 of this Handbook.
Check 3 : The following 6 documents must be possessed by a school at the time of applying for application for any of the groups given above:
1. No Objection Certificate to the effect that State Government has no objection to the affiliation of the School with CBSE . Not required for the schools already affiliated
2. Recognition Certificate from concerned State Education Department as per extant rules and provisions contained in RTE Act 2009.
3. Land Certificate as per the Appendix X of the Affiliation Byelaws : The Competent Authority t o issue the land certificate is DM/ ADM/ SDM /Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar/ Registrar/ Sub Registrar or any other equivalent authority competent to issue such certificate.
4. Fire Safety Certificate to be issued by the Fire Safety Department of the State Govt./ Competent Govt. Authority such as Municipal Corporation etc. as per prescribed norms with validity (validity as on
date of final submission of application).
5. Building Safety Certificate To be i ssued by competent government authority or the empanelled engineers authorised to issue such certificates by the appropriate Government. For e.g. Empanelled engineer by Municipal Corporations /Development Authorities/ Road s/ Building Department etc.
6. Certificate of Registration of Society/Trust/Company running the school.
Check 4 : The affiliation application form will have KYC , Part A and Part B . KYC is the pre registration of school.
Part A of the form will ask the mandatory requirement details. Part B will ask the other details. Only those school s that fulfill the mandatory requirements will be able to apply.

For more details visit CBSE website : http://cbseaff.nic.in/cbse_aff/welcome.aspx

 

 

 

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

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Rules of CBSE to form School Management Committee

Subject to relevant provision in the Education Act of the State/UT concerned, every affiliated school should have a scheme of management as per following clauses.

All the schools affiliated with the board shall have a School Management Committee as stipulated in RTE Act 2009, any other enactment or regulations framed by the State/Appropriate Government.

8.2. Composition of School Management Committee:

8.2.1. The management committee of a recognized aided school shall consist of not more than fifteen members; and the management committee of a private unaided school shall consist of not more than twenty one members;

However in case of senior secondary schools offering vocational subject additional member(s) (subject expert(s) as per subject offered may be appointed.

8.2.2. subject to provisions of clause 8.1 and the total number of members specified in clause 8.2.1, every management committee shall include the following namely:-

(a) The Head of the school. S/he will be a Member Secretary of the School Management Committee;

(b) Two parents of students studying in the school. One father and one mother of students specifically in co-educational schools.

(c) Two teachers of the schools;

(d) Two other persons (of whom one shall be women); who are, or have been, teachers of any other school or of any college, to be nominated by the Trust/Society/Company;

(e) Two members to be nominated by the Board;

(f) The remaining members to be nominated or elected as the case may be, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the society/trust/Company running the school.

(g) Members may be nominated as per the conditions, if any, laid down in the “No Objection Certificate”.

(h) At least fifty percent members should be women.

Provided further that the above provisions shall be implemented with immediate effect and the schools affiliated earlier and not complying with above provisions shall be required to take remedial measures with suitable qualified substitutes within a year of notification of these byelaws.

8.3. The term of the members of the Management Committee shall be three years. A member can be re-nominated for another term but a member cannot remain in office for more than two consecutive terms except ex-officio members and the members of the Trust/Society/Company.

8.4. Powers and Functions of the School Management Committee

Subject to overall control of the Society/Trust/ Company the duties, powers and responsibilities of the School Management Committee shall include but not limited to the following:

8.4.1. It shall supervise the activities of the school for its smooth functioning.

8.4.2. It will work according to the specific directions given by the Society/Trust/Company regarding admission policy. However, it shall ensure that admissions are made as per merit without discretion of gender, disability, religion, race, caste, creed and place of birth etc. strictly as per state policy.

8.4.3. It shall look into the welfare of the teachers and employees of the school.

8.4.4. It shall evolve both short-term and long-term plans for the improvement of the school.

8.4.5. It shall make appointment of teachers and non teaching staff.

8.4.6. It shall exercise financial powers beyond those delegated to the Principal within the budgetary provisions of the school.

8.4.7. It shall take stock of academic programmes and progress of the school without jeopardizing the academic freedom of Principal.

8.4.8. It shall guide the Principal in school management.

8.4.9. It shall ensure that the norms given in the Acts/Rules of the State/UT and of the CBSE regarding terms and conditions of service and other rules governing recognition/Affiliation of the school are strictly adhered to.

8.4.10. It shall ensure that no financial irregularity is committed and no irregular procedure with regard to admission/examinations is adopted.

8.4.11. It shall approve the rates of Fees and other charges subject to the conditions laid down in Chapter-7. (CBSE Byelaws)

8.4.12. It shall review the budget of the school presented by the Principal and forward the same to Society/Trust/Company for approval.

8.4.13. It shall ensure the safety and security of children and staff of the school and give directions for improvement.

8.4.14. It shall look in to grievances of the teachers and staff in connection with their service conditions and pay etc. and dispose such grievances in accordance with applicable rules.

8.4.15. The School Management Committee will meet at least twice in an academic session.

8.5. The provisions contained in Acts and Regulations of the Appropriate Government will prevail upon the provisions related to School Management Committee in these byelaws.

(Please keep checking CBSE and state Govt circulars for change of rules)

Source : http://cbseaff.nic.in/cbse_aff/attachment/onlineservices/affiliation-Bye-Laws.pdf