Draft Guidelines for

School Management Committee (SMC)

under Right to Education (RTE) for developing

Whole School Development Plan (WSDP)

Presented by

Kabir Vajpeyi, Advisor Infrastructure, SSA

on behalf of Core Team

Today's sharing is about

Whole School Development Planning Guidelines

1. The purpose of the WSDP guidelines

2. Who is it meant for?

3. Vision of a school

4. Definition of Whole School Development Planning

5. Role of different stakeholders

6. Background of WSDP - the context and the data

7. Process of evolution of guidelines

8. Overview of guidelines

9. Sections and chapter outline of guidelines

10. Illustrated examples of school transformations

What is the need for these guidelines?

The purpose of Guidelines

1. Under RTE, preparation of School Development Plan by SMC is mandatory for availing any grants from the government.

2. This exercise needs to be taken up holistically, for school to be developed according to a vision and a plan to achieve it.

3. It is important that SMC is aware its role, purpose, responsibilities and methods to prepare a holistic plan of the school that looks at educational requirements and infrastructural provisions to fulfill it.

Who is it meant for?

1. The guidelines are meant for the SMC.

2. Core team is preparing these guidelines, covering range and diversity of the educational, design, geo-climatic, cultural, vulnerability issues of the country.

3. Each State / UT needs to adapt and develop it, based on the material provided in these guidelines, to address issues of its own different regions.

The guidelines build upon the knowledge and wisdom that Community may already have and further elaborates, updates and refines it for SMC to take on the task of WSDP.

The purpose of Guidelines

Vision of a school

• School as a ecosystem for learning.

The school is envisioned as child development friendly, inclusive and learning resource-rich, sustainable eco-system, safe and secure from hazards, incorporating elements of green architecture, optimum resource-utilization through culturally and environmentally sustainable practices.

Whole School Development Planning

Defining WSDP

• A holistic school development plan is combination of educational plan that guides the infrastructure plan and its effective usage in the learning processes. • Whole School Development Plan has to reflect the vision of a school and ways to achieve it.• It is a master plan and base document for school’s educational and infrastructure work as well as its development in phases.

Its planning is seen as an evolving process rather than one time activity.

Whole School Development Planning

Role at different levels for WSDP & Implementation

WHOLE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

ChildrenEngineer

Teacher

Head Master

SMC

Guidance

Training

Directives

Training

Guidance

School Level

CRC / BRC / DPC

Documentation

AWP & B, Appraisal, Supervision

Convergence with other Departments

Enabling Policy Environment

Convergence

Data

National TSG Level MHRD

SSA State Project Office

Policy formulation, Resources, Support, Training

Planning at the ground level

Role of TSG and SSA units at States wrt WSDP

Stakeholders in WSDP

-Children

-Teachers / HMs

-Community (SMC)

-Pedagogues

-Education Administrators

Vision of our school

TSG / SSA units

Inter-unit linkageCivil works

Pedagogy

Gender

IE

Monitoring Institutions

Planning

Appraisal & Supervision

Research & Evaluation

Community Mobilization

MISMedia & Docu.

Requirements / needs

Coordination / base line / construction

Provisions

PlanningImplementation

Training / sharing data

Develop Institutional memory

Schools across India

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Schools across India

With RTE, SSA is estimated to build in next few years, across the country

– about 5.13 Lakh new classrooms

– about 2,80,000 Lakh toilets (estimated)

– about 50,000 new schools (estimated)

Whole School Development PlanBackground of WSDP under SSA

Some Statistics

In India, there are• About 6,40,000 villages• About 13,03,773 Primary + Upper pri.schools • About 18.5 crore children study in these schools

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Classrooms across India

The Average size of school across the country is of about 3.7 classrooms.

This is 2.6 in Meghalaya and 16.5 in Chandigarh

The Student Classroom Ratio (SCR) is above 35 in about 33% schools

The Pupil Teacher ratio (PTR) is above 30 in about 46% schools and above 35 in about 34% schools

All data based on DISE 2009-10

Whole School Development PlanBackground of WSDP under SSA

About 5,13,500 Classrooms required across country for implementing RTE

[based on DISE data

2009-10, reconciled upto 1st April 2011]

Whole School Development PlanBackground of WSDP under SSA

About 5,13,500 Classrooms required across country for implementing RTE

[based on DISE data

2009-10, reconciled upto 1st April 2011]

Whole School Development PlanBackground of WSDP under SSA

Ironically, 3,83,388 Classrooms are already in excess!

But they are located elsewhere.

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Toilets across India

% Schools that have girls toilets (2009-10)

Whole School Development PlanBackground of WSDP under SSA

and those which are functional

% Schools that have boys toilets (2009-10)

Whole School Development PlanBackground of WSDP under SSA

and those which are functional

% Schools that have Drinking water

Whole School Development PlanBackground of WSDP under SSA

and % Schools with Boundary Wall

Process of evolution

The WSDP Guidelines

10th and 12th SSA JRMs recommended WSDP National level Inception workshop (August 2010) Conceptualization of Working Groups (Sept 2010) Sharing of process with States and UTs (on going) Formation of Core Team (March 2011) Preparation of Guidelines (April 2011 - now)

Overview of the Guidelines

The WSDP Guidelines

1. For SMC. It should inspire them and give enough insight to start and take the process forward. (though also needed for different stakeholders at other levels e.g. Cluster/block, district, state)

2. Explains the pedagogy, educational issues of quality and its connection with planning

3. Builds upon the traditional wisdom of the community – the knowledge and wisdom that they may already have and takes it further with new contemporary knowledge to develop better schools

4. Well illustrated with examples, sketches and photographs for clarity

5. Not prescriptive, but gives choice of options to suit diverse situations for planning, drawn from different parts of the country

Overview of the Guidelines

The WSDP Guidelines

6. Provides for different existing scenarios for school planning

7. Simplified, relevant portions of IS codes also given for ready reference. Guiding principle is that the spirit of recommendation and deficiency is addressed even if recommendations are not strictly followed.

8. Illustrates, through examples, how to use data to develop an educational plan followed by infrastructure plan

9. Do’s and Don’t’s with each section, as per need

10. Examples of good practices from States / UTs

11. Ready-reckoner of various schemes of government that can be utilized for convergence

Overview of the Guidelines

The WSDP Guidelines

12. Reference to other relevant documents / data / websites is also given in respective chapters.

13. Base-document for preparing a range of material in different media for training and building capacities of Education administrators, Planners, functional area Coordinators, Engineers at State, District, Block level, as well as for teachers and SMCs.

14. Initially in Hindi and English.

15. States and UTs are expected to adapt and translate this into their own regional context and language for further dissemination. Guiding notes for State offices to take the process forward.

Seven Sections

The WSDP Guidelines

Section 1 : WSDP and SMC

A. Understanding approach for Whole School Development Planning in Our school

B. Role of School Management Committee in WSDP in Our school

Section 2 : Understanding Educational Issues in Planning

A. Learning and Teaching in Our Schools

B. Understanding Inclusion and addressing Children with Special Needs (CWSN) in Our school

Section 3 : Understanding School Design and Planning

A. Traditional Wisdom in Planning and Design of Our School

B. Educational activities, Spaces and Learning elements in Our school

Section 4 : Ensuring Safety and Reducing Vulnerability

A. Designing and Retrofitting Our School to Reduce Vulnerability from Hazards

Seven Sections

The WSDP Guidelines

Section 5: SSHE, Conserving Resources and Recycling Waste

A. School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE) in Our School

B. Conserving resources and recycling waste in Our school

Section 6 : Planning with Our Children in Focus

A. Putting it all together for holistic planning: – Participation of Children in planning Our school– Using the Data, Norms and Schemes to plan Our School– List of Schemes for Converging Resources for WSDP of Our

school

B. WSDP in Existing Schools in Different Scenarios

Section 7 : Planning for Maintaining Our School

A. Daily, Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly, Seasonal and Yearly

Maintenance

Thank you