Right To Education Act 2009 Part-8
THE SCHEDULE
(See section 19 and 25)
NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR A SCHOOL
| SL.No. | Item | Norms and Standards | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | (a) For first class to fifth class |
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| (b) For sixth class to eighth class | (1) At least one teacher per class so that there shall be at least one teacher each for-
(i) Science and Mathematics; (ii) Social Studies; (iii) Languages. (2) At least one teacher for every thirty-five children. (3) Where admission of children is above one hundred- (i) a full time head-teacher; (ii) part time instructors for— (A) Art Education; (b) Health and Physical Education; (c) Work Education. |
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| 2. | Building | All-weather building consisting of-
(i) at least one class-room for every teacher and an office-cum-store-cum-Head teacher’s room; (ii) barrier-free access; (iii) separate toilets for boys and girls; (iv) safe and adequate drinking water facility to all children; (v) a kitchen where mid-day meal is cooked in the school; (vi) Playground; (vii) arrangements for securing the school building by boundary wall or fencing. |
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| 3. | Minimum number of working days/instructional hours in an academic year | (i) two hundred working days for first class to fifth class;
(ii) two hundred and twenty working days for sixth class to eighth class; (iii) eight hundred instructional hours per academic year first class to fifth class; (iv) one thousand instructional hours per academic yea for sixth class to eighth class. |
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| 4. | Minimum number of working hours per week for the teacher | Forty-five teaching including preparation hours. | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Teaching learning equipment | Shall be provided to each class as required. | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Library | There shall be a library in each school providing newspaper, magazines and books on all subjects, including story-books. | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Play material, games and sports equipment | Shall be provided to each class as required. |
