The West Bengal Board of secondary education has issued a circular in which new regulations have been set for the teaching and non- teaching staffs of the schools.
The circular mentions that there must be 34 periods of 40 minutes each for Class V, Class VI students will have 39 periods.Students of classes VII-X will have 44 periods each week.
The appointed hour of the school will be 15 minutes before the commencement of the classes. The teachers are required to be present before 11:05 AM,otherwise they will be marked absent.
The notice further states that teaching and nonteaching staffs should remain on the school campus till 4.30pm, unless leaving on official assignments.
Schools have been asked to prepare a schedule of their routine or their daily timetable pertaining to the structure of periods and class distribution.
It has also been made mandatory for teachers and non-teaching staffers to be present on holidays that are observed at the institutions. “The Madhyamik board has stipulated the number of periods to be conducted for classes V-X every week. Violation will lead to stringent action”, the circular read.
The school authorities have further been asked to conduct activities such as data collection, reference work, laboratory activities, mock tests and career counselling for the students of IX and X.
Violation of any code will lead to stringent actions, the circular warned.