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Key facts
- Role
- Principal
- School
- Colonel S. N. Mishra Obe Memorial School
- City
- Lucknow
- State
- Uttar Pradesh
- Board
- CBSE
- School type
- Senior Secondary Level
- Employment type
- Full Time
- Salary
- ₹12.1L – ₹23.5L per year
- Experience
- 5–8 years
- Posted
- 23 May 2026
- Closing date
- 22 Jul 2026
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Job description
Overview
Immediate opening: Principal at Colonel S. N. Mishra Obe Memorial School in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Open to both seasoned practitioners and early-career candidates with strong potential. Colonel S. N. Mishra Obe Memorial School, established 1996, runs as a senior secondary campus in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh — a CBSE-affiliated school. The school believes a strong campus is built on its teachers and works to be a place where faculty want to stay. Position: as Principal, you are part of the school's leadership group. The role demands strong judgement, calm execution, and a clear point of view on what good schooling looks like. Day to day, you will:
- Run faculty meetings, academic reviews, and section-level planning.
- Observe classes, give actionable feedback, follow up on teacher development.
- Approve calendars, assessment papers, and major parent communication.
- Engage with leadership on hiring, budgets, and infrastructure needs.
- Spend time on the floor — corridors, classrooms, labs — to read the school accurately. Requirements:
- Master's degree with a relevant teaching qualification (B.Ed./M.Ed. preferred).
- Significant classroom experience plus years in coordination/leadership.
- Calm, confident judgement with students, parents, and staff.
- Clear writing for academic plans, reports, and parent communication.
- A track record of building and retaining strong teaching teams. Perks and culture:
- Fair compensation with annual review (₹12.1 LPA – ₹23.5 LPA).
- Stable, full-time engagement with a clear academic calendar.
- Regular PD through internal and external programmes.
- A working culture that takes faculty wellbeing seriously.
- A school that genuinely cares about student outcomes. Send your CV through this listing — no separate email is required for Colonel S. N. Mishra Obe Memorial School. The hiring lead reaches out personally to take qualifying candidates forward.
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Is English fluency required?
Yes — instruction is in English at most CBSE schools. Comfortable English communication for classroom delivery and parent meetings is expected.
What kind of professional development is offered?
Most schools run weekly/monthly in-house PD sessions on pedagogy and assessment. Funded external workshops (board-specific or subject-specific) are offered to teachers in good standing.
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Which curriculum does the school follow?
Colonel S. N. Mishra Obe Memorial School follows the CBSE curriculum, so teaching, assessment and reporting align to that framework.
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Key facts about Colonel S. N. Mishra Obe Memorial School
- Founded
- 1996
- Board
- CBSE
- Type
- Senior Secondary Level
- Principal
- Pooja Singh
- Affiliation #
- 2131470
Colonel S. N. Mishra Obe Memorial School is a senior secondary level affiliated to CBSE, established in 1996, located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
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