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March 2007 1. FOREWORD The Education Department (established in 1907) of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is responsible for 1,177 schools in Mumbai. Education in these schools is imparted through eight different languages so that underprivileged children of different communities can avail of education. Recognizing the right of every child for education the principal goal of the Education Department is to encourage underprivileged children through various programmes and projects to enroll in a school for education at least up to primary level. Substantial efforts are being made by the MCGM in the field of primary education through the allocation of a budget of over 640 crores. However inspite of all its efforts it can not fulfill all the needs of all the schools. It needs financial and other support form the NGOs, business and industrial houses, etc. for the provision of better infrastructure and quality education. Since the past fifteen years the MCGM has tried to involve the private sector and the voluntary agencies in the development of schools through a School Adoption Programme. Several companies, NGOs, etc. have come forth extending support through the provision of infrastructure, furniture, laboratory, library books, uniform, text books, scholarship, computers etc. and through the organization of summer camp, balwadis, co-curricular activities, etc. While these efforts have resulted in improving the state of primary education in Mumbai city, an enhanced public-private partnership programme would help to ensure that the MCGM schools would have all the facilities that an ideal school should have. Shri S.S. Shinde, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, (Education) of the MCGM has taken a lead in the matter and established the Public-Private Partnership Cell (PPPC) on November 6, 2006. The PPPC will oversee all the initiatives by the private sector agencies working in partnership with the MCGM are facilitated in their efforts. Three type of programmes have been visualized by the PPPC as given below. 1. The School Adoption Programme 2. The School Partnership Programme. 3. The School Support Programme. The three types of programme would make it possible for a private sector agency to support the MCGM schools in a manner suitable to it. Details about each type of programme are given further. It is expected that the PPPC will facilitate the achievement of excellence in the MCGM schools and the all round development of the underprivileged School children. 2. Introduction The MCGM is shouldering the obligatory duly of Primary Education in Greater Mumbai. Mumbai has the largest number of schools in various languages, which have provided access education to many underprivileged children in the city. OVERVIEW OF MCGM PRIMARY SCHOOL (01.04.2006)
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
The Education Department of the MCGM is also conducting 18 schools/classes for mentally challenged children. Apart from the above, various projects and schemes of the state Government and Central Government are also conducted in Municipal Schools. 3. Objectives and Tenets of the School Adoption Program Objectives The School Adoption Program is an experiment that has been introduces under the leadership of Shri S.S.Shinde. It is proposed to evaluate it from time to time to gauge its success. The principal objective of this program is “To ensure that all actions taken by the BMC, its staff and private agencies are in the best interest of the beneficiaries of the school, that is, its students.” A policy or program will be implemented only if it can provide that the policy or program will benefit its students. The sub- objectives of the School Adoption Program shall be:
Tenets of the School Adoption Programme: Complete school adoption means to take care of the school’s operational and academic responsibility including the building structure. The Chief tenets of the adoption programme are as follows:
1. The Head Master 2. A representative of the NGO 3. A representative of Parent Teacher Association (PTA) This School Management Committee will meet as and when necessary and at least once a month and will be authorized to take decisions with respect to the following issues: (i) Admission (ii) Appointment of Staff (iii) Time-Table (iv) Extra curricular activities including organizing excursions and field trips, annual day, sports day,etc. (v) Issues relating to school house-keeping and minor repairs (vi) Charging nominal fees for special services provided such as for computer classes, bus services, etc. (vii) Any other charge necessary for the conduct of the school programs.
i. The BMC will send this amount to the School Management Committee at the commencement of the concerned academic year ii. The NGO will contribute extra resources as and when deemed necessary Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the School Adoption Programme
The BMC to allot the (name) Municipal School to (name of NGO / Corporate) for a period of five / ten years. The BMC retains the full ownership over the school and allotment is only for the purpose enumerated hereunder :
In order to perform the activities mentioned above, (Name of NGO) will constitute a School Management Committee consisting of the Head Master / all Head Masters in the building, a representative of (Name of NGO) and a representative of the Parent – Teacher Association. The Local Managing Committee will be authorized to take decisions in aspect to the following matters:
- Violation of any terms and conditions of the Agreement occurs - The Private party is functioning in a manner deemed detrimental to the interests of the students - Either party can only terminate the agreement by giving an advance notice of three months
Under the school adoption program, an NGO can only claim adoption of the school if it fulfill all the requirements noted above. An organization cannot claim ‘partial adoption’ status. If an organization fails to satisfy all of the requirements noted above, it will forfeit the privilege of displaying its sign board at the school the NGO may either fulfill all the provisions of the partnership program or be asked to vacate the school premises. Procedure for Adoption 1. Fill up the application form included in the adoption booklet. 2. Submit the form to the In charge, Public-Private Partnership Cell, Hindu Colony, Dadar. 3. The PPPC will find out the need of the assistance for the mentioned school and give the requisite sanction. 4. The PPPC will enter in to an agreement with the concerned NGO/Organization / Individuals for adoption. 5. The concerned school will be given written intimation / order. 6. The Public-Private Partnership Cell will conduct one day / half day induction workshop in which the guide lines regarding the adoption scheme will be explained to the Head Masters of the concerned school and the concerned NGO members. 7. The adoption committee will be formed at the school level within the 15 days of the permission being granted for the adoption. 8. The summary of the proceeding of monthly meetings of the BMC will be reported annually to the PPPC by in charge H.M. of the adopted school building. 9. The evaluation of the success of the adopted school will be done by the PPPC. 10. The records and accounts related to the adoption will be audited by BMC auditor’s. Date of Application Application of Adoption 1. Name of the Trust / Institution / Individual / NGO: 2. Address : _________________________________________________________ 3. E-Mail : _______________________ Ph. No.:- __________________________ 4. Name of the school to be adopted : - ____________________________________ 5. Address of the school to be adopted:-____________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 6. Type of Adoption : - Complete / Partnership / Support 7. Type of Assistant will be given (Materials / teaching aid, snacks, furniture, computers, building repair, colouring etc.):- _____________________________ 8. Period for which assistant will be given :- ________________________________ 9. The expected amount will be spent Rs.:- ________________________________ Signature: __________________ Name: ___________________ Designation: ___________________ Objectives and Tenets of the School Partnership Programme The school partnership programme means the contribution from trusts or corporates for upgradation of BMC primary school through joint efforts. Recognizing that an organization due to lack of resources and staff, may be unable to adopt a school, a simultaneous ‘partnership programme’ will be implemented. Such a programme should facilitate the contributions from NGOs, corporates and individuals that were unable to contribute under the previous adoption scheme. It is important to note that the partnership programme welcomes and encourages contributions from individuals, trusts, corporates and the availability of such a formal programme should increase the involvement of a community’s citizens, ultimately benefiting that community’s underprivileged children. The following are the basic tenets of the Partnership Programme:
- Provision of furniture - Provision of teaching and audio – visual aids - Development of school laboratories - Development of school libraries - Development of computer laboratories - Establishment of pre-primary classes e.g. Balwadi’s classes - Provision of student enrichment activities (vocational music, audio – visual etc.) - Conducting of special classes for needy students - Provision of teachers for special subjects and extra-curricular activities - Provision of social workers - Provision of counseling facilities - Provision of mid-day meals - Provision of medical check-ups - Creation and maintenance of playground and garden - Provision of uniforms, shoes, notebooks, etc. as required - Provision of water filters - Maintenance of school infrastructure by undertaking housekeeping and minor repairs - Any other activity deemed worthy of inclusion in the Partnership Programme, decided by the Local Managing Committee of that school
1. The Head Master 2. A representative of the NGO 3. A representative of Parent Teacher Association (PTA) 4. Issues relating to school house – keeping and minor repairs 5. Charging nominal fees for special services such as bus fees, computer classes etc. The BMC will ensure that the current level of expenditure being incurred on the school (relating to housekeeping expenses, repair expenses etc.) will be continued at par with other schools and the Local Managing Committee will take all decisions involving such expenditure - The BMC will send this amount to Local Managing Committee at the commencement of the concerned academic year - (Name of NGO) will contribute extra resources, as and when deemed necessary (Name of NGO) will submit an annual report to the BMC’s Education Officer entailing the activities undertaken at each adopted school in that academic year. Either party may terminate this agreement if: - Violation of any terms and conditions of the agreement occurs - The private party is functioning in a manner deemed detrimental to the interests of the students - Either party can only terminate the agreement by giving an advance notice of three months. After a period of five/ten years, (Name of NGO) has the option of renewing the agreement for the further of five to ten years, subject to the BMC’s approval. The material donated by the NGO shall be under the ownership of BMC school. (Name of NGO) be allowed to display a sign on the adopted school building, measuring not more than 1 metre by 0.5 metre, indicating that school has been adopted by (Name of NGO). DATE: Name of BMC Representative Name of NGO Representative Signature of BMC Representative Signature of NGO Representative Memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the School Partnership Programme (Name of individual/organization) agrees that membership will only be conferred if the (Name of organization) contributes through any of the following ways: F Provision of furniture F Provision of teaching aids/audio-visual aids F Development of school laboratories F Development of School libraries F Development of computer laboratories F Establishment of pre-primary classes e.g. Balwadi’s classes F Provision of student enrichment activities (vocational music, audio-visual etc.) F Conduct of support classes for needy students F Provision of teachers for special subjects and extra-curricular activities F Provision of social workers F Provision of counseling facilities F Provision of mid-day meals. F Provision of medical check-ups F Creation and maintenants of playground and garden F Provision of uniforms, shoes, notebooks, etc. as required |
