Shri Maheshwari Samaj and Maheshwari Public School jaipur (MPS) –

Introduction & Brief History:

Shri Maheshwari Samaj –

Shri Maheshwari Samaj (est. 1925) and The Education Committee of the Maheshwari Samaj (Society), Jaipur (ECMS) (est. 1955) run five schools with over 9000 students on roll.

Maheshwari Public School jaipur –

Maheshwari Public School jaipur, governed by ECMS, an English Medium Institution for boys, was established in July 1977. Inaugurated by Shri Atal Bihari Vajpai at its present location in December 1996, the school is affiliated to the CBSE, New Delhi. The school aims at imparting education that helps the students in developing scientific temper, modern outlook and love for the motherland. At the same time, the School tries to embody features of the English Public School as are suitable for Indian conditions. It has over 4200 students and 160 staff on its rolls with Science & Commerce Streams.

1. Infrastructure

• Introduction

The school is presently located in a 11,400 sq. yd. campus. The school functions from a single large building with a carpet area of 1.25 lakh sq. ft. There are 72 classrooms (each 30′ 20′) from Std I to Std. XII. There is a lab each for Physics (56-seat), Chemistry (56-seat), Biology (56-seat) and there are three air-conditioned labs for Computer Science (each with 30 computers connected on LAN). Other rooms include a 120-seat A.V. Aid room, 100-seat general school library/reading room, 2 indoor playrooms, 2 dance rooms, 2 music, 2 craft, and 1 painting room, 1-activity hall, yoga-hall, 3 staff rooms, office, Principal’s and Vice-Principals’ rooms, bookshop, office, canteen, store rooms etc. The room layout from the design stage of the building itself was designed for minimum movement of staff/students between periods. The campus also has an underground parking facility for about 200 scooters/motorcycles, which is the first, such parking facility in Jaipur. A generator back up for Computer Labs and Office also exists.

• Library

To ensure easy accessibility library is organized as below:

The General School Library contains over 20,000 titles and newspapers/ magazines, in English and Hindi. A special feature of the General School Library is the incentive that it offers to students who use the library in the summer vacations. To improve reading habits and encourage children to visit it during summer vacations free snacks worth Rs.10/- approximately are given to every child who visits the library for at least two hours.

MPS also has many Departmental Libraries with specialized books and other material pertaining to a particular department (viz. Departmental Libraries of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Competitive Exam, Computer Science (which has about 300 CDs pertaining to interactive learning, a large e-book collection along with the normal books) Social Science, and Primary section.

2. Systems

• Computerization
• The Office Computer Network: The office computer network, established in 1994, handles all the require­ments of MPS except for the printing of question papers, has about twenty computers connected together on a LAN. All software, except for accounting, has been developed in-house for the network. A separate section possessing one computer and a high-speed print­er handles the question paper and other bulk printing jobs.
• The Student Computer Network: The school was one of the first Institutions in Jaipur to introduce Computer Education. The first Computer Laboratory with thirty PC-8086s was built and the subject was introduced from 1st April 1986.

The subject is taught to all from Std. IV to Std. X. It is an optional subject in Std. XI and XII. The school is equipped with three computer laboratories with over 90 computers and unlimited Internet access.

MPS is the only school in Jaipur that teaches Introductory Informatics in Std. IX and X (280 + 252 students respectively), Informatics Practices in Std. XI and XII (38 + 36 students respectively) as well as Introductory Computer Science in Std. XI and XII (48 + 44 students respectively). This is perhaps the highest strength of students in Computer Science from a single school in Ajmer region of CBSE.

The school has implement Teachnext, an audio-visual teaching aid based on advanced computer graphics and MS-Powerpoint presentations. All teachers have been trained to use computers as a teaching aid.

• Information acquisition

CCTV and 2-way PA system have been introduced in all classrooms with monitoring points in the offices of Vice-Principals and Principal. Fax and Internet were introduced into the office work environment along with the existing intercom network.

• Academic
• Monitoring of Teaching Staff

In real time the Principal and Vice Principals monitor the work of the teaching staff through the CCTV system. A VCR attached to the CCTV system in the Principals office enables AV recording of the teacher teaching a class. Reports from parents are also collated and the concerned teacher is counseled. No senior staff actually visits a class for observation. An Annual Performance Report is also filled-in by the teachers and verified first by the Vice-Principal and then by the Principal.

• Monitoring of student discipline

A report of attendance and lists of defaulting students is collected once a month from every class teacher. A daily check of uniform and personal cleanliness is done with the help of martinets (selected from students). Any default is noted in the student’s diary and the matter is reported to VP (Discipline), where a consolidated record is maintained. Subject/Class Teachers also record their comments on class work/homework not done as well as any other observation regarding discipline in the student’s diary and report to VP (Discipline). Action is taken against the students as per the recommendations of the discipline committee comprising of the Vice-Principal (Discipline), three teachers.

• Examination

The school is unique in Jaipur in adopting a system of CCE from Std. I to XII exactly as prescribed by the CBSE for IX and X. The computer printed report cards reflecting the progress of the child are also unique.

To ensure fair evaluation, all subject teachers teaching a particular subject to a particular class are asked to frame the question papers. One of these question papers is chosen in total secrecy after scrutiny. In all the term examinations, all answer scripts are coded to conceal the identity of the students and are released to a team of evaluators. No single evaluator is allowed to check the entire answer script. Each evaluator is allowed to check only that portion of the answer script that pertains to the questions allocated to him. No one is allowed to carry answer scripts home for evaluation. The entire evaluation is done `on-the-spot-in-a-team’. All evaluation is done as per an answer key prepared by the team of subject teachers of a particular subject and students. The students are allowed to take the evaluated answer sheets home along with the answer key.

• MPS and Students

A year round coaching class during regular periods for XI and XII science students is organized to help them in their preparation for competitive examinations. NTSE classes are held in the zero periods (from July to November) in the Biology lab for those students of Std. X who opt for them.

From the session 2002-2003, the school has begun with a new scheme of ‘No School Bags’ for the students of Std. I. Under this scheme, the bags of students are kept in the school and all teaching & learning is done in the school itself, so that the parents can spend their time with the child in other equally important activities.

• Duties and Responsibilities of Staff

To avoid any confusion, in most cases the duties of staff are listed out as comprehensively as possible. Such duty lists exist for Teaching Staff, Examination-I/C, Class Teachers, Dean Student Activities, Subject Coordinators, Staff-Secretary, Computer Staff, Chief House Masters/House Masters and Vice-Principals etc.

• Teachers and School Administration

To co-ordinate activities and offer a say in the administration and policy making, a staff secretary, two assistant staff secretary and a staff representative to the management, help in carrying the views of the staff to the administration.

• Student Activities – Non-scholastic

All the students of the school are grouped into four houses and four age/class categories (Std.I-II, III-V, VI-VIII and IX-XII) for the purposes of “Activities –Cultural and Sports”. The Dean-Student Activity (DSA) is the teacher I/c and is responsible for the smooth conduct of various events as scheduled in the school diary and also co-ordinates participation of students in inter-school activities.

Activities are scheduled four days a week in the last two periods (a day for each of the four age/class groups). The morning assembly too is considered to be a part of the activities.

Staff Development & Recruitment

• MPS and Staff

The school employees pay, service and leave rules have been brought on par with those of the central government and in some cases made more beneficial as compared with government rules.

• Subject Committee

The Subject Committee consists of all the heads of various faculties. They look after the formation of syllabus, its completion from term to term, framing of question papers and evaluation. Members of the subject committee also serve on interview boards as subject experts for new staff recruitment.

• In-service Training
• Computer:

Training is divided into 3 types – Training for computer Staff to keep up with the latest in their fast changing field, training for general staff to utilize computers in making their routine work easier and training for administrative staff to help in office automation.

• Tests

To create awareness and make the staff more sensitive to the environment around them and to generate a feeling of one family/institution awareness tests are conducted at least twice a year.

• Other Programmes

Guest lectures of eminent people including educationists are also arranged as and when opportunity arises. A two to three days induction training/briefing is given to newly appointed staff to get them acquainted with the work atmosphere and school rules by senior teaching and office staff. Participation of staff in seminars and workshops is encouraged.

As one of the prestigious schools in Jaipur, MPS constantly endeavors to introduce the latest techniques in education and fosters innovative thinking in both staff and students.

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