Cluster Schools News Today

Education Commissioner Mandhare says that he thinks schools with low enrollment are nothing more than “parking places for kids”.

The teachers marched from Shaniwar Wada to the collector’s office where they handed a letter to the district collector followed by another to the education commissioner.

Cluster schools should be developed at such a location that the travel time for the farthest student should not be more than 40 minutes and school buses are to be arranged through government or corporate funds.

Recently officers of the education department and zilla parishads have been asked to identify schools that can be developed as cluster schools and submit proposals by October 15.

To be formed with 4,000 small schools with less than 20 students