SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
A School is a home away from a home for any student. During student's life most of the hours of any student is spent in school learning anything and everything in various dimensions from the books, teachers, peers and school environment.
School Infrastructure is so vital to make an experienced teacher and teaching pedagogy play an important role in shaping student's academic life. It creates a favorable environment for student's holistic development.
Studies and researches suggested that the school's infrastructure helps in student's academic as well as physical growth and development. Schools with poor infrastructure can have less achievement scores as compared to ones studying in school that have better infrastructure and facilities.
Meaning & Definition-
The term infrastructure is comprehensive and there are number of aspects that are included in it. These includes PLAYGROUNG, LIBRARY, LABORATORIES, COMPUTER ROOMS, TECHNOLOGY CENTRES, MACHINERY TOOLS, EQUIPMENTS and so forth.
ACCORDING TO JOHN DEWEY-
" School is a special environment, where a certain quality of life and certain types of activities and occupations are provided with the objective of securing the child's development along desirable lives."
Basic concept of school infrastructure-
1- School in the modern times is treated as the most suitable active and formal agency of education. As per the changing needs of the hour, school develops and grows with its specific goals. It is emerged out of the demand for education and pressure on the parents regarding their educational pursuit.
2- The school learning infrastructure refers to the site, building, furniture and equipment that contribute to a positive learning environment and quality of education for all.
3- The quality of learning facilities available within an education institution has positive relationship with the quality of teaching and learning activities which in turn leads to the attainment of goals set.
4- learning is a connection between response and stimuli.
5- A good environment reinforces the effects of the teacher by providing a good stimulus for effecting teaching and learning to take place.
6-In a school where there is enough space for the teachers to walk round in classroom while delivering a lesson.
7- The infrastructural facilities contribute to learning environment of students as well as teaching atmosphere of students by the teacher.
8- The individual ( teacher and student ) are required to spend six to seven hours within the school premises. Therefore school infrastructure plays a vital role in school and its performance.
Importance of School Infrastructure-
1- A good school infrastructure with good spacing is a good place for the children to study. The impact of educational spaces on the students set out to identify empirical well-being in the school.
2- It makes it interesting and gets the children motivated to come to the school, this in turn improves the attendance and interest of the students in learning.
3- It is important for schools to have good infrastructure to improve the performance of the students and improving school systems.
4- Schools, being the second home, serve a number of purposes in a child's life, from boosting their confidence to making them learn importance of team work and also a safe environment, socialization, school, do it all. Away from home , school becomes one place for children to spend their maximum time.
5- Children are send to school considering the text that there is an experienced hand to guide them and also provide and also a safe environment promoting growth. We also accept the fact that the infrastructure plays a role of building hand in creating a favorable environment for a child's growth.
6- School should create an environment that not only assures learning, but also plays special attention to the mental and physical well-being of the students.
7- Children won't feel satisfied in a place that lacks physical comfort and other basic facilities.
Objectives of school infrastructure-
1- The main objective is shaping up a student's personality and holistic learning process.
2- The objective is to create a favorable environment for holistic development of students.
3- The objective is to provide every parent's want for which they are spending money and their kids feel safe and secure while learning and enjoying with other students.
4-There are studies suggesting ,students in schools with poor infrastructure can have lower marks than those who excess a better infrastructure, a key element in a child's academic as well as holistic growth.
5- To provide spacious as well as well ventilated and proper clean environment and infrastructure so that students can focus on studies.
Impact of School infrastructure on quality of education-
1- Attendance and completion of education.
2- Teacher motivation.
3- Over-all development of students.
4- Comfortable space for students and teachers.
5- Mental well-being which enhance the students ability of learning.
Components of Infrastructure-
Some of the key components which should feature in an ideal checklist while assessing any school infrastructure are as follows-
> Spacious and well ventilated classroom
> Libraries
> Playgrounds
> Well organized and equipped labs
> facilities such as study table, chairs, furniture and basic utilities such as water electricity etc.
> Study hall
> Games equipment
> Sanitation system
> Assembly area etc.
DESCRIPTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES:
Classrooms:
The basic unit of school is Classroom. The Classroom apart from satisfying the minimum requirement of space, fittings and furniture, shall be designed to meet the adequate functional and environmental requirements.
The indicative Student classroom ratio would be 30:1 (for Primary level), 35:1 (for Upper Primary Level) and 40:1 (for Secondary and Sr. Secondary Level) and the design of the Classroom is 20 feet X 16 feet with 10 feet Verandah for Primary & Upper Primary Schools, 24 feet X 20 feet with 6 feet Verandah for Secondary and Sr. Secondary Schools.
Digital classrooms:
Digital Classrooms have been creating a revolution in the educational sector. Embedded with modern day technologies, such interactive classrooms offer a friendly environment to the students where they may clear all their concepts while having endless fun.
Benefits of digital classrooms are a lot more than one can ever think of. They are ideal for educating the little angels about the most basic rules of learning and also help them in retaining their knowledge. They have not only changed the perspective of students towards studying but have also helped the teachers in preparing dynamic multi-media lessons which can be interesting for students. Learning is more of a fun and less of a burden with the introduction of such digital classrooms in education.
ICT Labs:
The role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), in the education sector plays an important role, especially in the process of empowering the technology into the educational activities. Education sector can be the most effective sector to anticipate and eliminate the negative impact of ICT. Technology in another side can be the most effective way to increase the student’s knowledge.
The use of ICT in education adds value to teaching and learning, by enhancing the effectiveness of learning. It added a dimension to learning that was not previously available. After the inception of ICT in schools, students found learning in a technology enhanced environment more stimulating and engaging than in a traditional classroom environment
Science Labs:
It is imperative for schools to have the latest and high quality science lab supplies these days. Science is different from any other subject. In order to understand its concepts, one has to look beyond the books and conventional classroom teaching. Effective teaching and learning of science involves seeing, handling, and manipulating real objects and materials. The knowledge that kids attain in classrooms would be ineffectual unless they actually observe the process and understand the relationship between action and reaction.
Kitchen Sheds:
Kitchen sheds will be constructed in all the High schools where mid-day meal will be cooked. This decision has been taken in the light of the centers directive which suggested that meal should be prepared in the school itself so that the fresh food is supplied to the children.
The design for construction of Kitchen Shed is 12 feet X 10 feet.
Drinking Water:
An adequate supply of drinking water must be provided for all the Students in the School. The water must be readily accessible and a sufficient number of cups must be provided unless the source is a drinking fountain and the schools must provide suitable drinking water facilities with Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant with 250 LPH Capacity.
Toilets:
Toilets must be provided for Students which are readily accessible, adequately lit and ventilated and kept in a clean condition. Separate facilities must be provided for Boys and Girls with a door capable of being secured from inside. The design for construction of Toilets is 10 feet.3 inches X 10 feet 9 inches.
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