Opening and Managing of a GVV

A GVV can be opened by the community, other social and mass organization or could be a school of the Government, but must fulfill the conditions:

1. A GVV shall not belong to an individual or a single family and will not be used to generate personal profit. It is a community rather than a commercial venture.
2. Every GVV shall be managed by a School Managing committee. Half of the members of the SMC must be women, preferably mothers of children in a particular GVV. The other half shall be composed of representatives of dalits and other marginalized groups, some elected panchayet members, local teachers and a representatives of the local BGVS unit.
3. Every GVV shall function like a community center. It shall also function as the village library, children’s activity center, a self-help group of the mothers of children studying there and a primary health center.
4. Each GVV shall be registered and accredited to the relevant education authority. The registration shall be in the name of the SMC and not BGVS.
5. The school shall be managed by the SMC. Selection of teachers and payment of their honorarium, making available a place, land and rooms, teaching-learning materials shall be the tasks of the SMC’s. For this the SMC shall mobilize resources from the community. It may charge nominal fees from some children, but no poor child shall be denied access. There will not be no project or NGO funds available to the GVV for its day to day running.