for consecutive years and not to the Principal of the school which has got the highest score during the inspection. COMPARISON OF FORMATS OF INSPECTION – DELHI STATE GOVT., MCD, KERALA STATE GOVT., KV School Parameters Delhi State Government School (Panel inspection format) MCD schools (Surprise inspection format) Kerala State Government Schools (Annual inspection format) Kendriya Vidyalaya (Panel inspection format) Action taken on previous inspection Only of the previous inspections by EO, DDE and Panel are asked. Date of previous inspection and the inspector’s name only. No particular reference regarding previous inspection. Details deficiencies and recommendations made during previous inspection, Action taken on it at School, regional and Headquarters level. Reasons for of the suggestions are sought and items to be carried forward from Previous year’s suggestions are to be listed. Attendance and Enrollment Staff attendance and teachers who came late on the day of inspection is particularly noted. (Online attendance). Total Enrolment for the whole school and total number of absentees is noted. Reasons for poor attendance are sought if necessary. Attendance Data of teachers and on the day of inspection. Class-wise attendance and enrolment is noted. Detailed enrolment data – gender-wise and (SC, ST etc) are sought. Detailed enrolment data – class-wise, gender-wise and category-wise (SC, ST etc) and data on transfers are sought Only Qualitative information on the condition of infrastructure and other equipments. Only objective No quantitative data sought. Only objective questions on water facility, electricity and meal. The Details on site and sanitation, water etc. Details on land, building, details of furniture and department equipments. Detailed implementation
conclusions are made regarding infrastructural facilities – mainly as sufficient or insufficient and are not backed up with quantitative data like in KV. options given are excellent, good and bad. quantitative and qualitative report on infrastructural facilities like sanitation, water, safety, interactive boards etc are noted. Consultation with parents Only 3 objective questions – 1. Whether PTA exists? 2. Whether PTA elections are held. 3. Date of last election. No mention. One open ended question regarding the functioning and contribution of PTA. General details about PTA. Mention about the issues taken up during the last three PTA meetings. Details on complaints received by grievance Redressal committee are also noted. Teacher training No mention. No mention. No mention. Details of teachers who attended In Service Courses during the academic year and who need improvement and training are taken. Records Yes/No questions regarding the maintenance of teacher’s diary, complaint register, inspection register, cash books and service books. Yes/No questions regarding teacher’s diary and HM’s supervision diary. A long list of registers to be checked is given. List of registers to be checked are given and remarks have to be noted against each of them. Library Emphasis on the online maintenance of library books. Little importance given in inspecting the issuance of books to students. No mention Parameters assessed are -Class libraries, computerization, purchase of books, monitoring committee and issuance of books to students. Co- curricular activities No mention. No mention. Yes/No questions regarding the functioning of various clubs, groups Extensive details regarding areas and games and sports. Achievements particularly noted. ‘Documents maintained to
(NCC, Scouts and guides). Achievement of students in level sports and cultural meets. assess co-scholastic areas and the evaluation criteria adopted for life skill assessment’ are considered. Academic results Pass percentage of classes X and XII are asked for the past 3 years. No mention about other classes. No mention (because of no retention policy) Promotion details and respective remarks of all classes have to be furnished. Pass percentage and performance index of classes X and XII are asked for the past 3 years. Details on continuous comprehensive evaluation (number of students above a particular grade) of each class for each exam are asked. Monitoring of Quality of Teaching In one line quality of teaching for the entire school has to be graded as (No other instructions given or parameter assessed as to how to reach the above conclusion). Yes/No questions on whether zero periods and special classes are conducted for weak students. However these are meant only for board classes. Only Yes/no questions on whether separate notebooks are maintained for each subject, whether homeworks are given and whether the written works are checked by the teacher. Format instructs the inspector to observe at least three classes on different subjects and note down :- (1) The topics taught in the class. (2)Whether TLM is used. (3) rating of the teacher – excellent/very average. (No other instructions given on how to grade the teacher) Inspector has to fill a ‘Teacher Appraisal Report’ for every teacher. Quality of teaching is assessed based on five parameters and each parameter on various other Each of this is rated on a 5-point scale. Specific instructions are given to assess the Details on Academic Supervision records maintained by the principal are noted. Reports on projects, innovation, have to be attached. Each teacher has to fill a self assessment report (on his/ her methodologies, plans for innovative classroom-teaching and impact of training programs on his/her teaching practices ), before the inspection. Also, before the panel inspection, Principal has to fill a detailed proforma on each teacher based on his/her class supervision. Apart from this the panel inspectors are parameters.