BPSC Headmaster study materials
BPSC Headmaster study resources

BPSC Headmaster case studies

BPSC Headmaster · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The BPSC Headmaster examination is the recruitment route through which the Bihar Public Service Commission selects headmasters for secondary and senior secondary schools under the state education department. It is aimed at serving teachers and post-graduates with a teaching qualification who want to move from classroom instruction into school leadership: running academic supervision, managing teachers and staff, handling records and finance at school level, and acting as the accountable head under state education rules. The BPSC Headmaster case studies are 5 cases and about 4,388 words.

1

Four Crises in One Monday: A Muzaffarpur Middle School Headmaster's Triage

You are the headmaster of an upgraded government middle school in a block of Muzaffarpur district. The school has 412 students in classes I to VIII, nine sanctioned teaching posts, six teachers actually present, and one teacher on six months' maternity leave, so the working Pupil-Teacher Ratio is about 82:1 against the RTE Schedule norm.

916 words, about 5 min
2

Class VI Mathematics: The Syllabus Versus the Subtraction Test

You head a government middle school where the class VI mathematics teacher, a sincere and hard-working colleague, comes to you with a problem. Her class has 64 children.

841 words, about 4 min
3

Three Complaints and One Headmaster: Where Authority Ends

You are headmaster of a government middle school and a member of the block-level committee that monitors admissions under the Right to Education Act. In one week three matters reach you.

886 words, about 4 min
4

Reopening a Kosi-Belt School After the Flood

You are headmaster of a government middle school in a block of Supaul district, close to the Kosi embankment. An embankment breach in the monsoon season put the school under water for eleven days.

879 words, about 4 min
5

Arsenic in the Handpump: A School's Environmental Health Decision

You are headmaster of a government middle school in rural Bhojpur district with 320 students. The school's only drinking water source is a handpump in the courtyard.

866 words, about 4 min