B2.1.2

B2.1.2   Administrationà Process Management à Information management

Rating
A	Not Demonstrated	No proper system for information storage and dissemination There are no or almost negligible signs of a proper system of information management. (No displays of mandatory information, no proper information storage and retrieval system, etc.)
B	Developing	Information storage and dissemination process is not structured Attempts are made to store and share information; but the process is not structured. No clear definition, delegation and monitoring of information management responsibilities; absence of standardized procedures for recording, retrieving, and sharing of information.
C	Proficient	Structured  information storage and retrieval process There is clear evidence of a structured information management system, with defined, delegated and monitored information management responsibilities, standardized procedures for recording, retrieving, and sharing of information, and a system of internal and external communication involving various channels like letters, mandatory displays/ notices/ bulletin boards, circulars, memorandum, annual reports, etc.Need to develop technology supported storage and retrieval process, better channels for information dissemination, and efforts towards continuous improvement in the process through internal and external evaluation.
D	Accomplished	Technology supported, effective storage, retrieval and sharing of information, mechanism to evaluate and improve the process Systematic, technologically-sound, and effective methods of storage, retrieval, and sharing of information. (Computerized systems for information management, online publications, etc.).Efforts towards continuous improvement in the process through internal and external evaluation followed by revisions.
E	Distinguished	Technologically-sound, effective, and secure system for information management system, exemplary/demonstrable to other schools The information management system is highly sophisticated. Use of advanced technology ensuring high level efficiency and proper security. Continuous improvement in the process through the implementation of feedback from periodic internal and external evaluation of the system. Considerable efforts to showcase the best practices in information management to other schools.