Around 760 Tamil Nadu schools may face closure
These schools will get a final chance to apply for recognition this week
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 20.05.2019
At least 760 private schools across Tamil Nadu, including 50 in and around Chennai, may face closure if they fail to get government recognition by the end of May.
While some schools had admitted students claiming to be affiliated to the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), others were either private matriculation or primary and nursery schools claiming to possess recognition from the State Directorate for Elementary Education. These schools will get a final chance to apply for recognition this week before a committee that will be set up to look into the matter, according to the directorate. According to RTE Act, 2009, no school can operate without the recognition of the respective state governments.
The recognition should be renewed every three years. To apply for recognition or renewal, each school must meet the minimum land requirement specified by the respective state governments. In Tamil Nadu for instance, anyone wishing to run a school in corporation area should have at least 33 cents of land. Similarly, for municipal, town panchayat and village panchayat areas, schools should have one, two and three acres of land. Besides this, schools should obtain building stability certificate from the local bodies, fire safety certificate and an NOC from the health department. Around 2,000 private schools, which did not meet the criteria, approached the court. The matter is subjudice and the state government has extended the temporary recognition granted to them last year.
These schools will get a final chance to apply for recognition this week
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 20.05.2019
At least 760 private schools across Tamil Nadu, including 50 in and around Chennai, may face closure if they fail to get government recognition by the end of May.
While some schools had admitted students claiming to be affiliated to the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), others were either private matriculation or primary and nursery schools claiming to possess recognition from the State Directorate for Elementary Education. These schools will get a final chance to apply for recognition this week before a committee that will be set up to look into the matter, according to the directorate. According to RTE Act, 2009, no school can operate without the recognition of the respective state governments.
The recognition should be renewed every three years. To apply for recognition or renewal, each school must meet the minimum land requirement specified by the respective state governments. In Tamil Nadu for instance, anyone wishing to run a school in corporation area should have at least 33 cents of land. Similarly, for municipal, town panchayat and village panchayat areas, schools should have one, two and three acres of land. Besides this, schools should obtain building stability certificate from the local bodies, fire safety certificate and an NOC from the health department. Around 2,000 private schools, which did not meet the criteria, approached the court. The matter is subjudice and the state government has extended the temporary recognition granted to them last year.
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