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QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SOCIAL AUDIT OF SAMAGRA SHIKSHA

Institutional Questionnaire
General Information

The Principal / Head Teacher have to fill this in advance. At the time of visit, the details should be
cross checked and the discrepancies (if any) must be recorded by the staff.
Section -A Particulars of School
1 Name of the School:

2 DISE Code
3 District
4 Block
5 Highest and Lowest class in the School
6 Type of School: (Co-Edu/ Boys/ Girls)
7 School Location (Rural/Urban)
8 Date and Month of start of academic session
9 Name of Head with Phone number

10 Social Audit Base Year 2024-25

Section -B
S. Items Yes/No Plz Provide Comments
No Exact Status by SAFT
Sub-category: Infrastructure
1 All weather building is available. (a school with an all-weather buildingshould consist of the
following:
A At least one class-room for everyteacher is available
B Availability of an office-cum-store-cum-HM room;
C Availability of Barrier-free-access to building;
D Availability of Separate toilets for boys and girls;
E Availability of Safe and adequate drinking waterfacility
to all children;
F Availability of a kitchen where mid-day meal iscooked in
the school;
G Availability of Playground in school;
H Arrangements for securing the school building by
boundary wall or green fencing
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I Availability of library in each school providing

newspapers, magazines and books on all subjects,
including story books;
J Availability of Play material, games and sportsequipment.
2. Enough classrooms are available (As per RTE Act &
Samagra Shiksha)
A Elementary: At least one classroomfor every teacher and
an office-cum-store-cum-Head teacher’s room
B Secondary: 4 classrooms for 2 section school/2
classrooms for 1section school
C Senior Secondary: 4 classrooms for 2sections school/2
classrooms for 1 section school for each stream i.e.,
Science, Arts and Commerce.
3 Whether sufficient furniture is available for students in
classrooms?
4 Whether sufficient furniture is available for teachers and
non-teachingstaff?
5 Barrier free access is available like ramp, handrails,
CWSN friendly toilets etc.
6 Adequate number of separate toilets for boys are there
(1 unit for every 80boys)
7 Adequate number of separate toilets for girls are there (1
unit for every 80 girls)
8 Boy's toilets have running water facility
9 Girl's toilets have running water facility
10 Boy's toilets are functional
11 Girl's toilets are functional
12 Accessible toilet facilities for CwSN are available
13 All disabled friendly toilets are functional
14 Accessible toilet facilities for Transgender are available
15 All Transgender toilets are functional
16 Adequate drinking water (DW) is available
(Requirement: 1.5 lt./person/day) (DW points: 1 for
every 50 pupils)
17 Quality of drinking water is tested periodically
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18 Alternate arrangement made if thequality of water tested

is not good
19 Electric equipment’s are available inthe school
20 All electric equipment (lights, fans, sockets etc.) are
functional in the classrooms
21 A playground is there in the school
22 School building is secured by either aboundary wall or
fencing wall
23 School has a library/Reading corner
24 Does school's library have subscription of any
newspapers and magazines? If yes, how many
newspapers and magazines?
25 School library has books on all relevant subjects
26 Does the school library has age- appropriate storybooks?
If yes, how many in total?
27 The timetable includes a library period
28 Regular entries are made in the library book issuance
register
29 Play Material, Games and Sportsequipment are available
30 Play Material, Games and Sports equipment are
provided to the children
31 Teaching Learning Equipment is available for each class
32 Teaching Learning Equipment is available and used in
each class
33 Digital infrastructure facilities areavailable in the school
34 Available Digital infrastructurefacilities are Functional
35 Available Digital infrastructure facilities are accessible
to children
36 Available Digital infrastructure facilities are being used
in Teaching Learning
37 Labs are functional and are being used
38 Science and Math kits are available
39 Science and Math kits are being used in the classrooms
40 Vending Machine and Incinerator Machine are available
(Upper Primaryand onwards)
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41 Hand wash facilities are available in the school

42 Mechanism for safe disposition of solid & liquid waste
is in place
43 Some infrastructure facilities have been provided and
maintained fromschemes of other ministries.
Please comment.
Sub-Category (Teacher)
44 Details of Teachers (Please mention numbers) 45. Availability of
Teachers during visit
(Numbers) by SAFT
A Regular (Number)
B Contract/ adhoc (Number)
46. Number of teachers are enough as perthe rule (RTE
and Samagra Norms, i.e., at least 2 teachers up to 60
enrolments in Primary, 3 teachers in Upper Primary)
Appointment of Part time teachers in upper primary school (Middle , High and Senior Secondary)
47 Art teacher
48 Health and Physical Education
49 Vocational Education
50 Special Educator
51 Counsellor
52 Full time head teacher in upper primary school
(Yes/ No)
* Any vacant post (Special comments with period of
vacancy)
S. Items Yes/No Plz Provide Comments
No Exact Status by SAFT
53 Whether average attendance of teachers for the last 1
month is morethan 80%?
54 Teacher(s) regularly come late to school
55 Teacher(s) regularly leave early from school
56 Teachers meet with parents/guardians to apprise them
about attendance, ability to learn and progress made in
learning? If yes, how many teachers domeet regularly?
57 Are there teachers engaged in privatetuitions? If yes,
how many? No. of teachers engaged in private tuitions
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58 Are there teachers deputed for other academic activities?

If yes, how many? No of teachers deputed for other
academic activities
59 Are there teachers engaged in activities other than
teaching like disaster management, census, elections,
etc.? If yes, how many?
60 Are there teacher(s) who work in thisschool, but does not
draw salary fromthis school? If yes, how many?
61 Are there teachers who do not work inthis school but draw
salary from this school? If yes, how many?
62 Have the training been provided to theteachers for the last
2 years? If yes, how many? Training has been provided to
teachers for the last 2 years
63 Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat club activities are conducted in
the school
64 The school is registered for Fit Indiaschool Certification
65 Bagless days have been introduced inthe school
66 Youth and Eco clubs are formed in theschool

67. Sub Category : Students

Class Boys Girls Children with To be verified by SAFT
Special Needs during visit
UKG
I
II
III
IV
V
TOTAL
VI
VII
VIII
Total
IX
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X
XI (Arts)
XI (Medical)
XI (Non-medical)
XI (Commerce)
XI (Vocational streams)
XI (Vocational streams)
XI (Vocational streams)
XII (Arts)
XII (Medical)
XII (Non-medical)
XII (Commerce)
XII (Vocational stream)
XII (Vocational stream)
XII (Vocational stream)
Total

S. Items Yes/No Plz Provide Comments by

No Exact Status SAFT
68 Have the children received textbooks &
workbooks on time (at the beginning of the
session)? If yes, howmany?
69 Children have received uniform/DBT. If yes,
how many?
70 Children have received scholarships.If yes, how
many?
71 Transport facility is provided toeligible students
as per norms
72 Are there children whose admission is done
without screening test?
73 Average attendance of students is 80% or above
in previous months ofthe year
74 Children have been admitted to an age-
appropriate class
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75 Children are provided special training for age-

appropriate class
76 Children who joined the school late inthe year
were provided special training/s
77 Children have been denied admissions due to lack
of documents
78 Number of Children who dropped outfrom school
79 Number of Children suspended/ expelled/
rusticated
80 Children belonging to weaker sections/
disadvantaged groups havebeen discriminated
81 Children have been subjected to mental
harassment and corporal punishment

82 Children have been subjected to sexual

harassment in the school
83 Are there any cases reported under POCSO Act?
If yes, how many? How many events reported
under POCSO act
84 All desirous children have received transfer
certificates
85 Identification and assessment of children with
special needs have beendone
86 Aids and appliances have been provided for
children with specialneeds (CwSN)
87 CwSN can attend school i.e., there areno barriers
88 Monthly stipend is paid to girl CwSN (Rs 200
per month for 10 months as per SS)
89 Support for home based education of children
with severe/multiple disability has been
provided
90 Escort/travel allowance is provided to CwSN
91 Appointment of special educators at
block/cluster/school as per need hasbeen done
92 CwSN are aware about the
facilities/schemes/concessions provided by the
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education board
93 Self-defense training is imparted to the girl
students including visual and hearing-impaired
students (Only for class VI-XII)
Sub Category: Administration and Finance
94 Mapping and tracking of children (Out of school)
has been done
95 School is used for other purposes
96 Admission form fee has beencollected
97 Tuition fees has been collected
98 Other fees/charges/expenses havebeen collected
99 Has SMC been constituted/ renewed? If yes, Is it
as per RTE Act?
100 Does SMC meet frequently in a month? If yes,
what is the frequency?
101 The SMC members whose childrenare studying
in the same school: upto 20%; 20-40%; More
than 40%
102 No. of women as SMC members inthe school--
upto 20%; 20-40%; More than 40%
103 SMC has contributed in theschool development
plan
104 SMC monitors the school
105 Whether the SMC/SMDC members are aware of
their membership or not? If no, how many?
106 Has the school been visited by BRCcoordinator /
BEO during the last 12 months? If yes, the
number of visits?
107 Has the school been visited by CRCcoordinator
during the previous 12 months? If yes, the
number of visits?
108 School has received composite schoolgrant (Rs
25000- 100000 per school)
109 Allocation of funds for free uniform has been
A done to school (upto Rs. 600 per child per
annum)
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109 Allocation of funds for free textbooks has been

B done to school (upto Rs. 250/400 per child per
annum)
110 School has received funds for sports equipment
(Rs 5000 for primary schools; Rs 10000 for
upper primary schools; Rs 25000 for secondary
andsenior secondary schools as per SS)
111 School has received funds for library(Rs 5000-
20000 per school annually)
112 Allocation of fund for CWSN hasbeen received
in school (3500 perchild per annum)
113 Fund for out of school children (16- 19 years of
age) belonging to SC, ST,CWSN (upto Rs 2000
per child per grade till secondary/senior
secondarylevels as per SS)
114 School has received grant for Rani Laxmi bai
Atma Raksha Prashikshan (self-defence)
training for girls (onlyfor class VI-XII, Rs. 5000
per month for 3 months as per SS)
115 Transport allowance has been received/spent for
CWSN (Rs. 6000 per annum per student up to
secondary level as per SS)
116 At least 10% of the Composite grant has been
spent on Swachhta Action Plan (SAP)
117 Funds for sports equipment have been received
from the appropriate agency
118 Funds for sports equipment have been spent. If
yes, is it as per norms of SS?
119 Special Educators have been provided by
CRC/BRC
120 Funds for special education have been provided
by CRC/BRC
121 School Composite grant expenditure is as per
norms
122 Library grant expenditure is as per norms (If
applicable)
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123 School disposes its waste safely

(Sub- category) SAFETY & SECURITY
124 School has constituted School Safety Committee
(SSC)
125 School has implemented the guidelines by
National Disaster Management (NDMA)/State
DisasterManagement (SDMA) on School Safety
and emergency preparedness
126 School has suggestion box/question
box/grievance box or any other mechanism for
students/parents to inform about any safety
concerns
127 School has helpline number displayed at
prominent places
128 ‘School Safety Pledge’ is predominantly
displayed in the schoolcampus
129 Electric cables & wires are insulatedwith proper
earthing and beyond thereach of the children
130 Availability of basic medicine box/first aid kit
131 School has a Medical ward with essential
medicines and first aidequipment
132 School has access to qualified Counsellor on call,
as per requirement
133 School strictly monitors and addresses the issues
of bullying, harassment, and
discrimination/prejudice against students on the
basis of religion, caste, gender, language,
physique,disability or any other factor
134 Emergency helpline and medical care numbers
are displayed in the school premises
135 School has sensitization programs for students &
teachers to accommodate and harmonize with
CwSN
136 Is there any teacher who has undertaken any
professional course on skills in guidance and
counseling? If yes, how many?
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(Sub- category) VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

137 School provides or offer vocationaleducation
138 Are there vocational courses offeredin the school,
if yes how many courses are there?
139 Are there vocational trainer(s) /teacher(s) in the
school? If yes how many trainers are there?
140 School has fully equipped vocationallabs for each
course, which are offered by the school
141 School provides exposure to upper primary
students in vocational education
142 Are there students enrolled in vocational courses
in classes 9 to12?If yes, how many?
143 Are there girls and children with special needs
enrolled in vocationalcourses? If yes how many?
144 Are there drop outs from vocationalcourses
145 Do students dropout from vocational courses? If
yes what is the dropout rate?
146 Do students pass in vocational subjects (Grade 10
&12)? If yes, whatis their pass percentage?
147 Field visits or internship for vocational education
being conducted in an academic year by the
school
148 School conducts Lokvidya activities for
knowledge of vocational education
149 Do students opt for Vocational field in ITIs/
Polytechnic after Grade 10?
150 Do students opt for B.Voc. Courses after
completion of Grade 12 in Vocational subjects?
If yes, how many students have opted yet?
151 Students are placed after vocational courses in
industries. If yes, how many have been placed
yet?
152 Total Number of self-employed students