122. Powers and duties of the Deputy Superintendent of Basic Education.
(1)Deputy Superintendent of Basic Education shall be under the direct administrative control of the District Education Officer and shall be primarily responsible for the state of Government Basic schools in his charge. He will be the local technical adviser in respect of the technique of basic education to the District Education Officer.(2)He is required to inspect and supervise the institution in his charge at least once in each quarters as best as he can, but one of his visits shall be thorough and exhaustive on the lines and instructions issued from time to time. In the other inspections he will go into various matters including compliance, etc., but need not necessarily cover all the points in details.(3)He is required to be on tour outside his headquarters for not less than 180 days in each financial year and devote at last 6 days to each Government Basic School under his charge every year.(4)He is required to submit tour programme before setting out on tour, to the District Education Officer, for approval.(5)He will collect all economic and other statistical reports and returns, as required, from time to time by the Directorate and submit to the District Education Officer with a copy to the Divisional Superintendent of Basic Education, and through him to the Secretary, Bihar Basic Education Board, as and when called for.(6)He should maintain a check list of the schools in his charge which would show the name and standard, the date of its establishment, the date of inspection in the various months and any special remarks thereon. This list should be submitted to the District Education Officer every month by 10th alongwith the travelling bill and also maintained as a permanent record in his office.(7)He is required to assist the teachers by personnel co-operation and guide in solving their problems and handicaps. He shall guide and assist in the assessment of the pupils of. the schools under his charge according to the instructions issued, from time to time.(8)He is required to select one basic school every year and develop it as a Model institution and carry necessary educational experiments therein with a view to advance and demonstrate the principle of Basic Education.He will be the ex-officio member of the local committees of all the schools under his charge and shall attend as many of the monthly meetings as possible in a planned manner.(9)He will submit timely indent of forms, envelopes and stationery for his office and the basic schools under him to the District Education Officer.(10)He will inspect as many Middle and Primary schools as possible to see that the integrated syllabus is followed.
