Illegal Schools News Today

Umngeni Municipality hosted its matric awards ceremony despite teachers union SADTU warning teachers and principals not to attend

Deepak Kesarkar also confirmed that his department has information about 186 illegal schools running in the jurisdiction of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). “Of the 186, we have shut down 14 illegal schools running in the BMC jurisdiction. Our department is still investigating the status of 172 schools.

Noida News: Education Department has issued a warning to 10 schools in selected sectors of Noida as they do not have proper registration; these schools may be shut down by the govt. - Noida Schools In These Areas Warned For Working Without Registration, Officials Provide 1 Week Before Shutting Them Down

At the same time, the education department has appealed to the parents to admit their wards in civic schools instead of seeking admission in schools which do not have PCMC permission.

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

The civic body has directed the management of these schools shut down and ask parents to re-admit their children to government-approved schools.

Education department teams launch locality-wise survey to weed out illegal schools

The MBMC slapped closure notices on the schools. However, the notices turned out to be toothless warnings as schools continued to operate without the fear of the outcome.

BJP leader Nitesh Rane has written to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray stating that there are 269 unauthorised schools in Mumbai that are “playing with the future of the students”. He said the BJP would take to the streets if corrective measures weren't taken.

Suspended providers running unsafe sites risk jail under a long-promised crackdown on unregistered schools