Boycotting of M.O.D Duties had begun much earlier in Hyderabad Region

     AINVSA/CEC/2011-12/20                                                                                        Dated 15^nd  July,,2011

     To

The Commissioner

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti

A-28,Kailash Colony, New Delhi-110048

 Sub : Functions of Master On Duty-reg.

Sir,

In response to the letter F.No2-18/2011-NVS(SA.) dated 11^th July, 2011 circulated by NVS HQ in its official website relating to role and functions of Master on Duty (M.O.D) in JNVs with the intention to enforce accountability on teachers we would like to bring the following facts  to your kind  attention:

The MOD duty was introduced in Navodaya Vidyalayas during the period when Vice-Principal posts were not constituted and also when most of the Navodaya Vidyalayas were functioning in temporary buildings with limited infrastructure.  The practice has been continued since then even when regular Vice-Principal is posted in all Vidyalayas and almost all Navodaya Vidyalayas are functioning in permanent buildings with sufficient infrastructure.

The purpose of MOD has become redundant as there are two administrators, Principal and Vice Principal in each Vidyalaya to look after the functioning of the School.  For all other administrative management, various committees such as M&R Committee, CCA Committee, Purchase Committee, Mess Committee, etc. are constituted with teaching staff as its members and that the system functions smoothily and effectively.

     Hence the monitoring of the day to day activities of the Vidyalaya is a sole and whole responsibility of Principal and Vice Principal only and as such there is no need to impose their basic duties and responsibilities upon teachers who are otherwise burdened heavily with other academic and House related work.  There is no justification what so ever to delegate the basic duties and responsibilities of Principal and Vice Principal to the Teachers.  Also it has been a practice of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti to punish MOD of the day, if any untoward incident happens in the school.  It has been used only as a tool to victimise a teacher in such cases over the years.

            Hence it is requested that MOD duty system may henceforth be scrapped with immediate effect. AINVSA looks forward to a speedy action in this regard, failing which the teachers may be compelled  to boycott MOD Duty from 1^st August, 2011.

Thanking You

      

Yours Faithfully

        

                                                                                       TP MANI

                                                              President, AINVSA, CEC

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