Section 11 in Bihar Elementary School Education Committee Act, 2007
11. Powers and functions of the Vidyalaya Shiksha Samiti.
(a)For the School: - (i) The Vidyalaya Shiksha Samiti will protect the school building and will ensure that the school building is not used for non-teaching purposes;(ii)To make general supervision and maintain the works going on in the school, and take corrective measures and report to the higher authorities;(iii)To construct the school building and monitor it as per Govt, instructions;(iv)To decide the opening and closing time of the school and give prior information to BEEO and DSE. But in no case it shall be less than the prescribed period (hours);(v)The Vidyalaya Shiksha Samiti shall be competent to take such other decisions which it considers necessary to Promote Elementary Education in the village;(vi)Management and monitoring of education in the Bal Varg.(b)For Children. - (i) To ensure the enrollment of cent per cent children of age group 6-14 within the Poshak Kheshtra of the School and to ensure their fundamental right given under Article 21 'A' of the Constitution of India.(ii)To make necessary arrangement with regard to cultural and educational .activities for all round development of children.(iii)To pay special attention towards security of children during construction of school building, and management of the mid-day meal (MDM) and other programme and activities.(iv)To take necessary decision about the management of the MDM and to supervise it. The Samiti will follow the directions given from time to time by the Govt, in this respect.(c)For Teachers. - (i) To create such environment that the teachers get proper respect for this programmes and plans will be prepared.(ii)To keep vigil that the teachers are not engaged in non-teaching works.(iii)To ensure that the salary of the teachers is paid regularly. Besides, the Samiti will help in solving their service related problems.(iv)To report to the competent authority about the continued and habitual absenteeism of teachers; and subjugation, humiliation and discrimination towards children by teachers, after due investigation.
