TEACHERS AND HEADMASTERS INITIATIVES IN STRENGTHENING QUALITY EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES

Schools are miniatures of our society. Now a day?s schools are gradually isolated from the community. Our constitution and many domestic laws ensured the participation of people in governance. Right to education act has ensured School Management Committees (SMC)s in schools. SMCs are reducing the gap between communities and schools. Meantime headmasters and teachers play an important role in the SMCs. Teachers and headmasters are found stimulating and encouraging parents and community members towards strengthening the quality and universal elementary education for their children. This study tries to analyze the understanding, awareness and involvement of headmasters and teachers in the functioning of the SMCs in schools. This study tries to document good initiatives of headmasters and teachers in schools using purposive sampling method and questionnaire.