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section 9

Constitution, powers and functions of Mandal Education Management Committee

The Telangana School Education Management (Community Participation) Act, 1998
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Part II Part II

Statutory text
  1. (1) There shall be constituted for each Mandal, a *[Mandal Education Management Committee] consisting of the following members namely:-
    • (i) the President of the [Mandal Praja Parishad] , who shall be the Chairman;
    • (ii) the Mandal Parishad Development Officer who shall be the Vice-Chairman;
    • (iii) one Headmaster of the Schools under the control of the [Mandal Praja Parishad] to be co-opted by *[Mandal Education Management Committee] in the manner prescribed;
    • (iv) one philanthropist or educationist or representative of voluntary organisation to be co-opted by the *[Mandal Education Management Committee];
    • (v) eight Chairpersons of School Management Committee under the control of Mandal Praja Parishad to be nominated in the prescribed manner of whom four shall be women and one each shall be from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Minorities;
    • (vi) one representative from the Recognised Teacher Unions to be co-opted in the manner prescribed;
    • (vii) one Sarpanch to be co-opted by the *[Mandal Education Management Committee] in the manner prescribed;
    • (viii) one Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency member to be co-opted by *[Mandal Education Management Committee] in the manner prescribed; and
    • (ix) the Mandal Education Officer who shall be the Member-Convenor.
  2. (2) All decisions shall be taken by a majority of members of the Committee, present and voting.
  3. (3) The term of office of the Committee constituted under this section shall be two years. A parent member shall however cease to be a member when he has not enrolled child in the [Mandal Praja Parishad] School or when recalled by the Parent Teacher Association concerned in the manner prescribed: Provided that the Government, may extend the term of office of the Committee for a period not exceeding one year at a time.
  4. (4) The *[Mandal Education Management Committee] shall monitor the functioning of the schools under the control of the [Mandal Praja Parishad], literacy programmes in the Mandal and shall take such corrective steps as may be necessary.
  5. (5) The Committee shall have the following powers and functions, namely:-
    • (a) to undertake annual evaluation of the performance of the schools, facilitate and provide for academic supervision and inspection of schools under the control of [Mandal Praja Parishad], and
    • (b) to promote sports and cultural activities among the students in [Mandal Praja Parishad]

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