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Unit 25: Time Management

Notes

Too rigid in nature the time-table tends to fix the nature of learning experience in a
relatively tight jacket. As Faunce says, “It forces teaches and students in a kind of
lock up.” It militates against the integration of various experiences. It hinders the
total growth of the pupils’ learning experience.

25.7 Problems in Preparing School Time-Table

The preparation of school time-table is based on some psychological principles and school facilities.
The difficult subjects should be in the early periods and easy subjects should be in the last periods.
The students fatigue should be taken into consideration. The following informations are required in
preparing school time table classwise.
(1) A list of classes with sections.
(2) A list of classroom and its room number.
(3) The sections with group—Art, Science, Commerce.

(4) A list of teachers with subject or teaching.
It is essential to prepare classwise school time table, after that teacherwise school time table should
be prepared. Preparation of time-table has the following problems.
1. It is difficult to adjust the equal work load teaching periods for teachers.
2. The difficult subjects can not be adjusted in the early periods of all the section. There are one or
two maths teachers in the schools.
3. It is also difficult to adjust the vacant periods of all the teachers in the middle of the schedule.
4. The continuity of teaching periods of teachers affects his efficiency due to his fatigue.
5. The shortage of classroom adjust the period for physical education or P.T. period.
6. It is also difficult to adjust the laboratory facilities for all the science sections every day.
7. There are several types of factors vary school to school which can not be adjust in the time table.
8. The problems are created while implementing the time table in school working.
9. The shortage of teachers is also the main problems.
10. The teacher of a subject is not available in school then some arrangement has to be made of non
subject teacher.

What is double Shift System in School ?

25.8 Role of Teacher in School Time-Table
The basic purpose of preparing a school time-table is to assign duties and responsibilities for teachers.
It is a guide line for teachers working. A teacher has to perform some roles in school time-table.
1. Generally a senior teacher of a school or expert teacher of time-table is the incharge of time
table. He has to prepare time table and tries to satisfy all teachers as far as possible.
2. Every teacher has to note down his own time-table as well as class time-table, as he is also a
class-teacher.

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