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Main Parts of Model School Building
Main Parts of Model School Building
Main Parts of Model School Building

Main Parts of Model School Building

(A) Size of the school building- The outline of the construction of the school building should always be prepared keeping in mind the educational point of view. It is rightly said by a scholar that in the planning and construction of school building. mixed talents of educationists, sociologists, architects, artists, engineers, health science experts and economists are required. The cooperation of experts should be taken in preparing its ‘blue print’. It should always be kept in mind that the school is neither being built for the past nor for the present, but it will be built for the future. The size and type of the school building should be decided with the help of skilled engineers. English (‘E’) shaped school building form is often considered to be the best model and this should be the main patronage. Apart from this (‘H’, ‘L’,’T’,’U’,) and T shaped buildings are also considered good. Light comes into each room of the figure ‘E’. Even though the auditorium is situated in the middle, it does not obstruct the movement of light and air. A building in the shape of ‘E’, or ‘H’, is considered to be of good quality. From the point of view of administration also the said size of the school is considered good.

The school building should be grand and attractive. A one storey building is always considered good, but where there is no facility of expansion on the land, then a second or third floor may also have to be built. The height of the school building is 5 m and the length of the rooms, the width is 8 m x 6 m. Or 48 square meters and they are free.

It is necessary to have the following rooms in the school building:

1. Control room. 2. Subject Rooms like Art Room, Music Room, Geography Room, Home Science Room. 3. Laboratories with teaching-room. 4. Workshops with teaching-room. 5. Library and Reading Room. 6. Auditorium or auditorium. 7. School-office. 8. Principal-Room. 9. Teacher’s Room. 10. Visitor-Room. 11. Warehouse Room. 12. Play-room. 13. Computer Room, 14. Sports Room, 15. Generator, 16. Medical Room, 17. Canteen.

The size of the two school buildings for Pre-Secondary, High School and Higher Secondary School are as follows:

(i) ‘U’ shaped building (for Pre-Secondary School)

(ii) ‘E’ shaped building (for High School)

(B) Classrooms- Normally 1 square meter feet space is required for a student. An average room should be that big. An average room should be large enough to accommodate 30-60 students. The height of the room should be such that sufficient amount of light and air can come in. Normally the height of the room should not exceed 5 meters. The walls of the rooms should be painted white or ocher and each room should have blackboard and cupboards. There should be proper amount of windows, doors and skylights in the room. The height of the windows can be kept meters from the floor. The average length of the room is 8 6 m. or 48 square meters.

(C) Auditorium- Every secondary school should have such a large hall in which teachers and students can sit together on special occasions. General Size: 40m.27m for 400-500 students. A meeting hall of the size of 32 m. 15 m There should not be a meeting hall of less than32m.15m, the size. There must be a theater in one part of the hall. There should be at least two furnishing rooms near the theatre. The hall should be full of great men, natural scenes and Boulful educational pictures. It should have doors, windows, skylights in suitable quantity.

Vigyan Bhavan- Science education is given compulsorily in almost all schools, so it is necessary that there should be a science room in the school with all the necessary scientific equipment. 9m X 6M (54M) for high school 6 m (54 m) laboratory-room and 8 m. 6 m There should be a lecture hall of measurement. The science room should have large tables for experiments and shelves with glass doors to keep the instruments. There should be separate laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the Intermediate level.

(E) Principal-Room- The principal’s room should be at such a place in the school from where he can keep his eyes on the whole school. There may be a principal’s room in the middle of the main building or near the entrance. Its measure is 4 m. 3 m. The principal’s room must have a large table, several comfortable chairs, a cupboard for education-related books, a display cupboard to keep cups and shields, etc. The School time-table, school progress diagram, pictures of great men, gnome-board etc. must be beautifully displayed on the wall. Outside the principal’s room, there should be honor-boards related to the students.

(F) Visitor’s Room: The parents are frequently visiting the school. For this, a room should be near the headmaster’s room, so that the headmaster can give his time according to his convenience.

(G) Office- The school office should be adjacent to the room for convenience. There must be shelves to protect the records in the office. Office 4 m. 3 m Must be of measurement.

(H) School-Library- Library an important tool for intellectual development in the school. The library building should be in a completely quiet and attractive place. The library should be equipped with all necessary resources. (Read Chapter No. 18 in detail about this) The area of the library should be 48 square meters.

(I) Teacher’s room – There should be a provision of teacher’s room in the school for the purpose of revision of copies of students and rest of teachers etc. The teacher’s room should have a large table and alternate number of chairs around it. To keep registers, books etc. for teachers, there should be such shelves in which different ranks are made. Teacher’s Room 5m 6 m or 36 square meters.

(J) Other construction- 1. If there is a residential school, the hostel surrounded on all sides will be constructed according to the number of students. The hostel should be near the school. 2. Toilet and urinal should be arranged in one part of the school. Always sprinkle phenyl solution at this place.

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