<div dir="ltr"><h1>Education department at sea on 'unauthorised' schools in City</h1>
<div class="">Shruthi H M, Bengaluru, Dec 29, 2014, DHNS:</div>
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<strong>The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is
yet undecided on the action to be initiated against “unauthorised”
schools in the City.</strong><br><br>Though the department has come out
with a list of schools running without government mandate on its
website, there is still no clarity on the fate of such schools. The
recent revelations of several schools functioning without requisite
permission from the government, had prompted the department to host a
list of such schools on the DPI website. <br><br>The list of
“unauthorised” schools on the DPI website includes those conducting
classes in English medium while the government has granted permission
only for Kannada medium. But, whether these schools are authorised or
unauthorised itself is under question as the State government is yet to
make its stand clear on the language policy.<br><br> Quoting Supreme
Court and High Court verdicts in this connection, in their favour,
school managements have contended that they are fully authorised to
conduct classes in English medium. Strangely, the government itself has
not made its stand clear on the issue. In such a situation, the DPI is
at sea over the action to be initiated on these schools.<br><br><em>No specific action</em><br>That
apart, even with respect to schools that have been included in the list
of unauthorised schools for other violations, the DPI has not charted
out a specific course of action except seeking explanation from the
schools.<br><br> According to Mohammed Mohsin, Commissioner for Public
Instruction, the block education officers (BEOs) have been asked to
issue notices to the schools seeking explanation on violation of norms.
The schools will be given 15 days’ time to reply to the notice. The
action taken would depend on the extent of the violation.<br><br>Even as
the department has invited objections from the public with regard to
the list published, the BEOs are busy revising the list. They have also
began separating those schools listed for violation of language policy
from those identified for other violations.<br><br>Meanwhile, it has
been found that some schools were included in the list by mistake. The
list is also being revised on the basis of the objections submitted by
the school managements.<br><br>M Gopalakrishna, BEO (North Zone I) told
Deccan Herald that in his zone, around 192 schools were listed as
unauthorised for conducting classes in English medium.<br><br>Speaking
to Deccan Herald, M Gopalakrishna, BEO (North Zone I), said that in his
zone, around 192 schools were listed as unauthorised for conducting
classes in English medium. A separate list of such schools is now being
prepared. A similar exercise has been taken up in South Zone (II). The
BEO of this zone, Nagarathna said that they still did not have the exact
number of schools listed for violation of language policy. <strong><em>Parents anxious over admissions</em></strong><br>The
list schools running without government mandate has caused much
confusion, especially among parents wanting to apply for admissions
under the RTE quota. <br><br>Several schools functioning for a considerable number of years have been listed as unauthorised, causing anxiety for parents. <br><br>“Until
the department decides its future course of action, parents are advised
to ask schools for authorisation certificates from the government
before applying for seats,” said Mohammed Moshin,Commissioner for Public
Instruction. He added that schools were obligated to produce these
certificates on demand by parents. <br><br><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/450366/education-department-sea-unauthorised-schools.html">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/450366/education-department-sea-unauthorised-schools.html</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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