Times of India: Ahmedabad: Monday, June 04, 2018.
With just a
few days left for schools to reopen, a crucial notification issued by the state
education department in December 2016 regarding boards put up outside gates of
private and self-financed schools run by trusts, to properly inform parents and
students, seems to have been ignored with impunity by most institutions.
The circular
mandated that this information board mention the name of the school trust and
its address, the registered name of the school, the trust registration number,
the standards offered and the language of instruction.
The
information was to be put up on a 4ft by 3ft board outside the school gate. The
notification was issued on December 29, 2016 and was to be implemented by
January 4, 2017. A recent RTI application filed by Kalupur resident Pankaj
Bhatt with the education department has revealed that most schools within the
city and across the state are yet to follow the notification.
“The purpose
of putting up such a board was to inform parents of the school affiliations,
which was different for different sections in certain schools. One and half
years ago, the education department had unearthed a scam,” said Bhatt.
The
notification was issued after the education department, between December 9 and
December 24, 2016, caught over 100 schools across the state faking CBSE
affiliation. Ten were based in Rajkot, with the expose leading to police
arrests, and six in Ahmedabad.
State board
schools in Bharuch and Dahod were also caught misrepresenting their
affiliations. Sources said that these schools were affiliated with the Gujarat
Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) but taught in
accordance with CBSE guidelines.
Of the total
802 schools in the state which were put under the scanner, 314 have bona fide
CBSE affiliation, 17 schools are associated with ICSE board, six schools have
been approved by Cambridge IGCSE and two are affiliated with IB.
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