APSS-CMO 1– SMC Guidelines 2026 Launched by Government of India – Intimation of SMCs Guidelines for the academic year 2026-27-Orders Issued.
Introduction 1.1 Community mobilization and participation is the process of engaging communities to identify their priorities, resources, needs, and solutions in ways that promote representative participation, good governance, accountability, and peaceful change. In the context of education, community mobilization and the close involvement of community members are extremely critical. This approach fosters a bottom-up process, enabling effective planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and ownership of government programs by the community. Active community participation ensures transparency, accountability, and the use of collective community knowledge for the better functioning of schools. Through effective decentralization, it ensures community ownership of school-based interventions, strengthens governance structures, and supports sustainable educational development. 1.2 National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 emphasizes the active involvement of local communities, alumni, and senior citizens for enhancing learning in schools by encouraging them to volunteer in various activities such as tutoring, literacy drives, mentoring, teaching support and guidance etc. (para 3.7). As guided by the NEP 2020, schools should grow as vibrant centers where learning and community come together. When parents, teachers, and local people take part in school activities, they help create an atmosphere of care, inclusion, and pride. Every school can become a place that not only teaches children but also brings the whole community together. 1.3 The Samagra Shiksha 2.0 framework (issued on 12th October, 2022) in ‘Chapter 13: Community Mobilization’ details the composition, functioning etc. of the School Management Committee (SMC) which is the committee at ground level that plays an active role in the implementation of Samagra Shiksha Scheme and other initiatives of the School Education Department. 1.4 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 under Chapter IV: Responsibilities of Schools and Teachers, Section (21) details about composition and functions of SMC in schools. 2. School Management Committee (SMC) To strengthen community participation in school education, NEP 2020, Samagra Shiksha Scheme and RTE Act, 2009 place significant emphasis on the formation of SMCs as a vital element of decentralized governance. As a cornerstone of community mobilization, the SMC
strengthens decentralized school governance and empowers communities to actively participate in shaping and improving school education. Keeping in view, the provisions of NEP, 2020, Samagra Shiksha Scheme, RTE Act, 2009 and earlier guidelines of MoE (erstwhile Ministry of H
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