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Despite state diktat, no FIR against illegal Thane schools
Updated On: 31 May, 2023 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Dipti Singh
Activists allege 47 illegal schools in Thane are fully functioning and express fears that they might admit unsuspecting students for even the upcoming academic year
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A notice on the wall of an unauthorised school in the jurisdiction of the Thane Municipal Corporation
The state education commissioner’s April 30 deadline to crack down on illegal schools has elapsed but the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has not filed a single FIR against such institutes. The TMC education department claims it has issued notices to the 47 illegal schools, but activists say they are gearing up for the new academic year.
As per activist and complainant Abdul Mannan Abdul Rashid Kazi, the TMC like all other municipal corporation and district education units have been releasing a list of illegal/unauthorised schools year after year. However, despite conducting this exercise, the TMC has done nothing to shut down these schools.
“This is not the first time that a list of names of unrecognised and illegally run schools has been issued and made public. These schools continue to operate without any hassle. Even now, after receiving strict guidelines to act against these schools, the TMC’s education department has failed to file a single FIR. Most of the schools mentioned in the list have been named for several years and so they have ignored the TMC’s warning. Still, no action has been taken. The deadline to shut these schools after taking action was April 30,” Kazi said.
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