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Maharashtra: 674 state schools to disappear by 2024
Updated On: 12 January, 2023 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Dipti Singh
Director of Education orders closure of all unauthorised schools across the state by the next academic year
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The director of education (secondary and higher secondary schools) in an order to his divisional subordinates, has said there should be no unauthorised schools in the state by the next academic year. In his order issued on January 9, he has cracked the whip on divisional deputy directors and other district-level education officials about allowing as many as 674 unauthorised schools to remain operational, though orders to initiate action against them were issued after their list was made public in May 2022.
The order further warns that divisional education officers will be held accountable for failure in their duties when there are court cases if parents are duped, or when students miss out on an academic year because of these unauthorised schools. “These schools must be closed immediately or action should be initiated in accordance with section 18 (5) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. Instructions to do so have been issued to officials in all districts in Maharashtra,” said Krishna Kumar Patil, state director of education (secondary and Higher secondary schools).
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