Section 87 in Tamil Nadu Educational Inspection Code
87. Teachers' Associations.
- Deputy Inspectors and Junior Deputy Inspectors should also take into account in arranging their detailed monthly tour programmes the dates of Teachers Association meetings and central classes in the several centres in their ranges and to make it a point to attend, as far as possible all the meetings held every month. The meetings shall be regarded as unique, opportunities of meeting the teachers and giving them guidance both directly, and by means of demonstration lessons and demonstration activities, collectively to all the teachers and therefore most economically. As ex-officio presidents of teachers' associations, it is the responsibility of Deputy Inspectors to give personal attention to programmes for these meetings prepared by the Secretaries of these associations in order that these programmes are well worth the time and effort spent by the teachers in attending them, in some cases from long distances. While it is a part of the work of the inspecting officers at these meetings to explain departmental circulars, undue time should not be spent on this matter to the exclusion of other constructive work at the meeting. For this purpose, it should be arranged for translation, blackboards, at the meetings and teachers are thereby enabled to read and copy them so that the later explanation of them by the inspecting officers is more clearly and quickly understood without confusion and loss of time. Demonstrations of craft activities and exhibition both of teaching aids and pupils' handicraft products should be arranged at these meetings as often as possible the inspecting officer in the course of his tours giving the necessary instructions to the concerned teachers' regarding outstandingly good instances of potential exhibits, and pupils' activities which are worthy of being displayed at Teachers Association meetings. A brief report shall be submitted annually with the prescribed particulars of the working of Teachers' Association and other teachers' organizations by Deputy Inspectors to District Educational Officers and by the District Educational Officers to the Divisional Inspector and the Director.
