1. SCHOOL PLANT
• “ we shape our buildings in the beginning ;
and ultimately they shape us.” Winston
churchill
2. Importance of school plant
• Realisation of educational objectives
• Integral part of learning environment
• Influence on health and personality
• Influence on achievement
3. Principles
• Adequacy
• Safety and well being
• Co-ordinates
• Efficiency and unity
• Beauty
• Flexibility
4. Essentials
• Location and site of the school building :- surroundings,
level, direction, shape , service conditions, scope for
future expansion , soil
• Area requirement :- type of school, strength of school ,
courses of study , physical feature of the space
• Ventilation and humidity
• Maintenance of school campus
• Guard against building hazards
• Traffic in building
• Decoration of campus
5. Classroom equipments and optimum
utilisation
• Shape of classroom :- diagonal shape , semi-circle
shape , l-shape classroom , hexagonal
classroom , rectangular classroom
• Size of the classroom
• The lighting
• The ventilation
• The floor
6. Basic components
• Assembly hall
• Library
• The school farm
• The school playground
• School gymnasium
• School dispensary
• Exhibition hall
• Craft room
• Staff room
• School tuck-shop
• School hostel
• Staff quarters