Overview

• New guidelines designate Government Senior Secondary School principals as administrative heads over nearby high, middle and primary schools.
• Principals must visit each school in their complex at least once every two months for full-day assessments and file monthly reports.
• All staff leaves except casual leave will be sanctioned by the principal, who is also empowered to assign teaching work to any teacher to address shortages.
• The state cites 14,123 government schools—9,939 primary, 1,775 middle, 960 high and 1,989 senior secondary—along with near-universal primary enrollment and negligible dropout rates.
• Education department data show 87% of primary schools have fewer than 40 students, only 7% of standalone middle schools exceed 40, and 97% of senior secondary schools surpass that mark.