The Parent Teacher Association can play a very potential role in bringing parents and teachers together to understand each other and co-operate in the task of total development of young impressionable minds. The two agencies must make a concerted effort in evolving a conducive atmosphere in school for children to attain their optimum potential.
I. Aims and Objectives
1. To promote the welfare of the children at home in school
and in the community.
2. To bring about a better understanding between parents and
teachers.
3. To create consciousness among parents and teachers about
the welfare of the school and children.
4. To advise parents and create consciousness among them
about their responsibility towards and children.
5. To work for a harmonious relationship between school and
community.
II. Functions
1. To make parent-teacher consultation possible individually
as well as in group.
2. To arrange for parents to visit the school on appointment
days and discuss the progress of the children.
3. To mobilize community resources for the welfare of the
children.
4. To provide oppurtunities to teachers and parents to meet
on equal footings and discuss problems of their children in
order to ensure their welfare.
5. To increase co-operation and better understanding between
parents and teachers.
6. To arrange for social get together and programmes of
recreation for parents and teachers.
7. To organize activities for the welfare of the children.
The PTA shall comprise of two bodies.
A. General Body B. Executive Committee.
A. General Body.
a) All the parents of the students studying in a school are
the members of the General Body.
b) The Principal and teachers shall be the ex-officio
members.
B. Executive Committee.
Each section of every class will elect/nominate one parent
representative. These
representative will in turn elect members of PTA executive from
amongst them for a
period of three years. The executive committee shall consist of
the following elected
members.
a) Chairman- Principal of the school (ex-officio).
b) Vice- Chairman two selected (1 male, 1 female) one from among
parents and one
from teachers.
c) Hony. Secretary – elected from among the parents.
d) Hony. Joint Secretary (two) one elected from among the
parents and one from the teachers (1) male, 1 (female).
e) Hony. Treasurer elected from among the teachers.
f) Members- ten (5 from among parents and 5 from among
teachers).
1. One of the Vice-chairman shall preside over the meeting of
the association in the absence of the Chairman.
2. Hony. Secretary shall be responsible for all the
correspondence on behalf of the association and shall call
meetings and arrange for programmes approved by Executive
committee.
3. Hony. Joint Secretary shall help Hony. Secretary.
4. Hony. Treasurer shall maintain the records of the association
including the income and expenditure.
5. One of the elected members shall be nominated to the managing
committee of the school.
III. Membership
All parents of the students shall be the members of the PTA and
all teachers shall be its
ex-officio members. No parents should continue as a member or
office bearer of the
PTA of the school, if his/her ward has left the school.
IV. Fee
All the members shall pay an annual fee of Rs.200/- or more as
decided by the Executive
Committee.
V. Deposits and Operation of funds
The PTA accounts may be opened with a scheduled bank or post
office and shall be
jointly operated by Treasurer along with Chairman/Secretary.
Fund shall be spent on the activities of the association subject
to control of the Executive
Committee Accounts shall be subjected to annual audit.
VI. Maintenance and upkeep of records
1. All payment received through PTA should be against valid
receipt. Receipt should be numbered and be issued by the
authorized official.
2. The Students’ annual contribution for PTA shall be decided
byExecutive Committee. If in case of emergency, the annual fee
to be collected is to be increased further, a resolution to this
effect will have to be passed. It will further require approval
of the Managing Committee of the school.
3. The accounts of PTA should be maintained separately i.e.
ledger, expenditure, vouchers should be maintained and it should
be audited by a Charters Accountant and be opened for inspection
team.
4. The Executive Committee of the PTA must meet once in two
month and the expenditure during the period should be ratified
by the Committee.
5. Minutes of the meetings of executive committee will be
maintained in a register to be kept in school.