Who is primarily responsible for ensuring that schools understand and…
2026
Who is primarily responsible for ensuring that schools understand and implement a new teaching-learning programme introduced at the primary level across a state?
Answer: D. Director of Primary Education — Concept: In educational administration, responsibility follows jurisdiction — an office can be held answerable only for the unit it heads. A classroom-level…
- A.
Headmaster of the school
- B.
School clerk in the office
- C.
Class teacher in the school
- D.
Director of Primary Education
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Correct answer: D
Concept: In educational administration, responsibility follows jurisdiction — an office can be held answerable only for the unit it heads. A classroom-level functionary answers for one class, an institution-level functionary answers for one school, and a state-level directorate answers for every school of that stage in the state. When a decision is taken for the whole state, the duty of communicating it, orienting the field staff to it and monitoring that it is actually carried out sits with the officer whose jurisdiction is the whole state.
Application: The stem fixes two things — the scope is "across a state" and the required action is making the schools understand the new teaching-learning programme and then implement it. Statewide understanding is produced by circulars, orientation modules and teacher training; statewide implementation is secured by supervision and reporting. The office that heads the primary stage for the entire state and can issue those instructions to every school is the Director of Primary Education, so the primary responsibility rests there.
Cross-check by jurisdiction:
Office | Jurisdiction | Role in the programme |
|---|---|---|
Director of Primary Education | the whole state, all primary schools | Can issue directions, arrange training and monitor compliance everywhere the programme applies. |
Headmaster of the school | one institution | Carries the programme into that school once it reaches him, but cannot reach the other schools of the state. |
Class teacher in the school | one class or section | Transacts the programme with those learners. |
School clerk in the office | the office records of one school | The post is clerical and carries no academic or supervisory authority. |
Because only one of the four offices has statewide reach over primary schools, the answer is the Director of Primary Education. Note the word "primarily": the headmaster and the class teacher do take part in implementation, but each only after and within the directorate’s instructions, and only inside their own unit.