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Unit 3: Management at Different Levels-Elementary, Secondary, Higher Education

programme. It provides reading materials to the pupil for ‘answering questions, doing Notes
assignments and solving problems.
(ii) To teach a skilful use of books for self-education.
(iii) To create an atmosphere conducive to the growth of reading habits.
• Important Library Resources
• The headmaster is the major component of school management. On his ability and skill,
personality and professional competence largely depend on the tone and efficiency of the school.
“Schools are good or bad, in a healthy or unhealthy mental moral and physical condition,
flourishing or perishing as the headmaster is capable, energetic and high ideals or the reverse.
• Role of Headmaster
• The following are the main roles of a headmaster of a school :
(i) Leadership behaviour.
(ii) Alert to the forces of environment.
(iii) Selection of goals.
(iv) Knowledge and professional training.
(v) Loving the teachers, students and parents.
(vi) Sound physical health.
(vii) Sound attitude towards life.
(viii) Winning of faith.
(ix) Supervision of each Teacher’s work.
(x) Right delegation of authority.
• The details of the above roles are given in the following paras.

• Headmaster Duties
• The headmaster is supposed to discharge numerous duties which may be grouped under two
heads (1) General duties, and (2) Specific duties.
• General Duties of Headmaster
(i) Duties before the session.
(ii) Duties thought the year, and.
(iii) Duties at the end oi the session.
(i) Duties before the Commencement of the Academic Year : Before the commencement of
the academic year the following items demand and careful attention on his part :
(i) Preparation of a school calendar showing details of different courses, co-curricular
activities, rates of tuition fees, school timings, duration of the class-period or recesses, a
list of holidays, the practice for the collection of tuition fees;
(ii) Provision of teaching, clerical and other staff;
(ii) Duties on the Opening Day : The opening day of the school must be planed with great care.
The classrooms the library, the lavatories, the laboratories should be spick and span to receive
the new comers.
(iii) Duties Throughout theYear : One or two weeks preliminary work would settle the major
issues. After that the headmaster has to the supervisory programme, organise the guidance
service, arrange medical examination of children, check the evaluation programmes, send
internal assessment marks and inform parents regarding the deficiencies of their children.

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