GUIDELINES FOR TWINNING OF SCHOOLS (PATNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS) at PRIMARY LEVEL

GUIDELINES FOR TWINNING OF SCHOOLS (PATNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS) at PRIMARY LEVEL

School Education(SSA) Department, Telanagana Implemntation of Twinning Schools Programme Guildlines and Objectives, Role of HM, MEO and DEO given below..

GUIDELINES FOR TWINNING OF SCHOOLS (PATNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS) at PRIMARY LEVEL

SCHOOL EDUCATION (SSA) DEPARTMENT, TELANGANA 
IMPLEMENTATION OF TWINNING OF SCHOOLS PROGRAMME TO SELECTED SCHOOLS IN THE STATE

OBJECTIVES

a.Capacity building
 Twinning and partnerships can help strengthen the school staff and students involved through sharing or transfer of skills and knowledge.
b.Identification of best practices 
Twinning and partnerships provide opportunities to identify ideas, approaches, techniques and methods that followed in visiting schools and which can be shared and serve as inspiration for new initiatives.
c.Added value, increased quality and effectiveness of school activities 
Where the twinning and partnerships involve collaborating on a specific activity, it usually results in added value, more quality and effectiveness.
d.Broadening of horizons 
Twinning and partnerships help school staff and learners to broaden their views and be more outward looking, to break down barriers, to understand local specific cultures and to learn about their strengths and weakness.
e. Relationship building 
Twinning and partnerships can help build stronger relationships between student-student, student-teacher, and teacher-teacher of both schools.
f. Mobility of teachers and learners
 Twinning and partnerships are useful when schools want to create opportunities for mobility of teachers and learners. A partner school can host teachers and learners and behavioral change among students

GUIDELINES FOR TWINNING OF SCHOOLS (PATNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS) at PRIMARY LEVEL

• Choose the visiting High school or Model school or Residential school or Secondary school which is implementing BEST Practices in the Institution with in the Mandal.
• Conduct SMC meeting with parents of V class students and resolutions to visit selected school.
• Explain in SMC Meeting the purpose and use of Partnership with higher school.
• Take under taking /Acceptance letters from parents of V Class students for visiting; if necessary take help of SMCs.
• Head masters of concerned Primary schools have to take prior permission of MEO and HM/Principal of visiting school. 
• Escort Teacher and Students should reach the visiting school before 1st bell i.e., 09.25 A.M and they should stay until the long bell in the school.
• Prepare work sheets/Questionnaire for @ 5 students for 1 sheet about visiting school, which includes infrastructure, Human resources, Functioning of Laboratory, Library, Balasabha, Mass drill, Sports & Games, Best practices followed by students and Teachers in the Institution.
• Divide entire strength into 5 groups and each group shall visit each class i.e., VI to X and interact with teacher and students.
• On last period the H.M / Principal gather all the students and conduct a meeting with the two students from each group of guest students and 1 host students of each class. The escort teacher prepare document of their observations and submit to the School and MEO.
• As only V Class students are allowed for Twinning, 25 students has to escorted by one teacher and up to 50 students two teachers and so on.

ROLE OF MANDAL EDUCATIONAL OFFICER

• Mandal Education Officer has to identify the Primary schools with highest enrollment (3-5) in the mandal and inform same to DPO SSA.
• After implementation of Twinning of schools in mandal MEO has to submit actual travel bills along with documentation to DPO SSA submitted by Primary school Head master.

ROLE OF HOSTING SCHOOL HEAD MASTER/PRINCIPAL

• Provide opportunity to visiting school children to expose to different activities practiced by host school.
• Provide opportunity to mingle with children to know themselves about school

 ROLE OF DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER 

Select identify Primary schools with highest enrollment and submit same to State Project Director SSA. Issue Guidelines and instructions to field level and follow the time line to implement Twinning of school in District. Each selected school has to visit Higher school twice .Submit the comprehensive report of District Twinning of school to State Project office SSA TS.

School wise particulars for initiation of 
Twinning of Schools program
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