SCHOOL ORGANIZATION

A.MADHUMITHA
MESTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL ORGANIZATION
TCP PRESENTO 2020, THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS, MADURAI.

INTRODUCTION
School organization is a part of educational process in the
country. A well organized school is the backbone of the
education.
Since they are known as mini societies, their organization plays
an important role in developing the education among die
masses.
Students of the school learn and acquire knowledge in the well
organized school.

 An organization is defined as the necessary combination of
human efforts, material equipments brought together in a
systematic and effective correlation to accomplish the
desired results.
School organization” refers to how schools arrange the
resources of time, space, and personnel for maximum effect
on student learning.
The school's organizational plan addresses those issues that
affect the school as a whole, such as the master schedule,
the location of staff in different rooms, and the assignment
of aides to teachers or teams

school organization means
 Organization of different types of activities of a school
 Organization of Material resources of a school
 Organization of a school personnel
 Organization of Ideas and Principles into school system
which includes building relationships, creating conducive
climate for work at the school etc

CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATION
 Simplicity: This means there should be clarity of roles, duties,
responsibilities and powers on the part of each person
working in a school.
 Dynamism/Flexibility: An ideal school organization is one in
which any kind of change can take place without disturbing
any other activity.The rules and regulations should be flexible
to meet the needs of the school.
 Stability: A school organization should be dynamic but it
does not mean that it should be in fluid condition without any
norm or standard rules and regulations.

 Clarity about Powers and Duties: There should be clear
understanding of the powers and duties of individuals
working together in a school. It is necessary to avoid
confusion and laying down responsibilities. Similarly there
should be balanced allotment of powers and duties.
 Coordination: In an ideal school organization there should
coordination between different activities and also
coordination between physical resources and human
resources. The school should bring together all people and
all things to contribute for the realization of objectives.

 Acceptance of human elements: An ideal school organization
should accept human elements.The personnel should be free
to express their feelings, opinions, offer constructive
suggestions and bring about healthy changes in the school.
 Control: Control is the element which puts a break to an
activity and then evaluates the results. It is required to
safeguard against the misuse of powers in the school.

Aims and Objectives of School
Organization
1. The basic aim is that schools are the betterment of
the societies.
2. To provide the efficiency of the life of the school
children and prepare them for the art of learning
together.
3. To bring school and community close to eachother.
4. Prepare them according to their interest and ability
of the students.
5. To converse all group practical values, heredity and
culture of the society.

Principles of school organization
1. Child- centered principle
2. Community centered principle
3. Democratic principle
4. Principle of optimum use of available resources
5. Principle of flexibility

1) Child- centered principle:
• Education aims at the all round development of the child,
it is essential that school organization should be child
centered.
• It can help in developing student’s abilities, innate
qualities, emotions, attitudes and natural traits.
• The school organization should be such as to generate an
atmosphere which may help the child
• in the development of his social, moral, physical and
mental capabilities. To provide opportunity to every child
for his optimum development school activities should be
properly organized.

2) Community centered principle:
• Along with child centered principle, community centered
principle should be adopted in schools.
• When we try for the development of the child as an individual,
we should also make arrangements for the progress of the
community.
• School organization should keep in view the developmental
needs of the children as well as the community ideals,
aspirations, needs, values and culture.

3) Democratic principles:
• The school prepares the future citizens and inculcates
democratic values in them.
• The democratic ideals are inculcated in the minds of the
children through the school activities.
• Students can develop knowledge about democratic
principles if we can organize schools on democratic lines.
• It can help the students to develop knowledge about
democratic living.
• They should feel that school organization is their own
activity.

4) Principle of optimum use of available resources:
• Education has certain objectives to be achieved. In order to
achieve these objectives, optimum use of available resources
must be made while organizing the school.
• The physical and human resources of the community should
be used in such a manner that the items, money and energy
are utilized effectively for proper organization of the schools.
• Recruitment of teachers, use of up-to-dare teaching
techniques, use of equipment, preparation of textbooks and
construction of curriculum should be made
• They can be directed towards fulfilling the educational needs
of the students and avoiding the misuse of time, energy and
money.

5) Principle of flexibility:
• Education aims at developing the abilities of the child in a
manner that would help in the development of the society.
• It is necessary to effect changes in school organization from
time to time.
• Therefore, school organization should be dynamic in nature,
not static.

Need of school organization
i. Constant process of change
ii. Global development

i. Constant Process of Change:
 School education is in a constant process of change.
 There is always a need to facilitate student learning in a
specified direction in this changing process.
 School organization, which includes the management of
teaching, planning and supervision of instruction, can help
to achieve the goal of student learning.
 We need school organization to achieve the above goals.

ii. Goal Development
 The educational system is a sub-system of the society and
therefore the society not only provides human and non-
human resources.
 It also has certain expectations that the schools will achieve
certain goals.
 Since society is in a constant process of change, the needs of
society change and so do the goal specifications.

 It is necessary for the educational institution to be
responsive to these changing expectations through school
organization.
 School organization helps the teachers and others who are
concerned with school education to continuously examine
and evaluate the progress of education in a changing
society.

Significance of school organization
 It is very much necessary to ensure smooth functioning of a
school.
 It is necessary to avoid under and over utilization of the
resources of a school there by ensuring optimum and
judicious use of the resources.
 It is important to make best use of the capabilities of the
school personnel because if they are allotted the work
depending upon their area of expertise, interest, experience
they are likely to deliver work at the best of their abilities.

 It is necessary to save time, increase clarity and efficiency
of work as there is clarity of duties to be performed and
responsibilities to be held on the part of the school
personnel.
 It is significant to achieve the aims and objectives of a
school smoothly.
 It is important to create a professional image of a school.
 It lays stress on building relationships among the school
personnel thereby helps in increasing mutual trust,
interdependency which is necessary to build team spirit
among the school personnel.

Conclusion
 School organization means looking after the internal and
external affairs of the school, the proper use of the recourses
available and taking proper cared of the resources so that
teaching and learning can take place in a better way.
 School organization is concerned with a system in which the
headmaster, the teacher, the students, and other related
persons come as a team to undertake the task of running the
school on sound lines.

 Hence by school organization we mean the act of
organizing all available physical and human
resources in an organized manner to attain the
objectives of education.

Summary
For this we learnt about ,
• What is school organization
• Meaning of school organization
• Characteristics of school organization
• Aims and objectives of school organization
• Principles of school organization
• Needs of school organization
• Significance of school organization

Reference
1. www.ascd.org
2. raji2071.blogspot.com

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