While school based management reforms are turning around the ailing the education sectors of many nations, India is yet to fully internalize such developments. Many reports on Indian school education stressed for management oriented reforms for better quality and accountability.This book, therefore, provides, hitherto unexplored, insights into the system & status of school management in India, in terms of the five universal functions of management with school based management perspective. The second chapter highlights the aspects of the planning framework, community participation, academic, infrastructure & financial planning aspects and the third part concentrates on the organizational issues viz.the policies, norms, structures, decentralization, delegation & autonomy. Next chapter analyzes the teacher shortage, recruitment, training,& other staffing practices while the fifth part deals with directive function of the school head in terms of leadership, motivation & school culture.The sixth chapter explores the controlling mechanism through teacher appraisal system, student evaluation & accountability and the last part provides conclusions and issue-based suggestions for poli