Mumbai-based Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has released a list of 269 schools declared illegal. Along with the list, the Mumbai civic body also urged parents not to enroll their children in any of the schools mentioned in the list. The new list is the updated version of the list released last year.
There were a total of 283 schools in the previous list. Of the schools deemed unauthorized, 11 were closed, four received affiliation from the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), and four were allowed to run on a self-financed basis under the Maharashtra Self-Financed Schools Act. For 2022-2023, BMC has added five new schools.
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“The list of 269 unauthorized schools for the year 2022-2023 has been prepared and made available on the BMC website,” an official statement from the BMC said.
The civic body has asked parents not to admit their children in schools that are included in the list. These schools have been given unauthorized status under section 18(1) of the Right to Free and Compulsory education Children’s Act of 2009. As per this Act, a school can be given an illegal/unauthorized status if the educational institution fails to obtain the approval of the government or local body, in this case, the BMC, for recognition.
Addressing the matter, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane has written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray seeking information about the fine imposed on these illegal schools and the status of fines.
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Earlier, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi List of 116 fake school boards released Having said that it will not admit students who have received schooling under any of them. Most of these fake school boards are located in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and use the same name as other recognized school boards. The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has been entrusted with the task of ascertaining the authenticity of these boards.
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