Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launches School Management Committee (SMC) Guidelines in New Delhi

• SMC Guidelines 2026 — fresh national framework issued by the Ministry of Education to reposition School Management Committees from monitoring bodies into "school community governing institutions".
• Operationalises the community participation vision of NEP 2020 across ~15 lakh schools in India.
• Anchored in Section 21 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
• Relevant for UPSC GS-II (governance, education, vulnerable sections, devolution to local bodies).