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Last updated: March 22, 2024, 8:33 pm IST
Keeping in mind the quota available in medical and engineering institutes for students of some states, candidates also select dummy schools. (representative image)
Crores of students preparing for engineering and medical entrance exams prefer to take admission in dummy schools so that they can completely focus on preparing for competitive exams. They do not attend classes and directly appear for the board exams.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has canceled the recognition of 20 schools, including five in Delhi, for admitting dummy students and ineligible candidates, its secretary Himanshu Gupta said on Friday.
The board has also reduced the recognition of three schools.
”While surprise inspections were carried out in CBSE schools across the country to check whether the schools are running as per the provisions and norms contained in the affiliation and examination bye-laws, it was found that some schools were indulging in various malpractices of introducing dummy students. Were. , ineligible candidates and not maintaining records properly,” Gupta said.
“After a thorough investigation, it has been decided to cancel the affiliation of 20 schools and downgrade the affiliation of three schools,” he said.
Of the unaffiliated schools, five are in Delhi, three in Uttar Pradesh, two each in Kerala, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra and one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Assam and Madhya Pradesh.
The schools with downgraded affiliations are in Delhi, Punjab and Assam.
The disaffiliated schools include Sidhartha Public School, Bharat Mata Saraswati Bal Mandir, National Public School, Chand Ram Public Senior Secondary School and Marigold Public School in Delhi, Loyal Public School (Bulandshahr), Trinity World School (Gautam Buddh Nagar), Crescent Convent School (Ghazipur) in Uttar Pradesh, Prince UCH Madhyamik Vidyalaya (Sikar) and Global Indian International School, (Jodhpur) in Rajasthan.
Dronacharya Public School and Vicon School in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Rahul International School (Thane) and Pioneer Public School (Pune) in Maharashtra, PVS Public School (Malappuram) and Mother Theresa Memorial Central School (Thiruvananthapuram) in Kerala, SAI in Guwahati, Assam. RNS Academy, Sardar Patel Public School (Bhopal) in Madhya Pradesh, Kartar Public School (Kathua) in Jammu and Kashmir and Gyan Einstein International School (Dehradun) in Uttarakhand are also in the list.
The schools with downgraded affiliations are – Vivekananda School in Delhi, Shri Dashmesh Senior Secondary Public School in Bathinda, Punjab and Shri Ram Academy in Barpeta, Assam.
Crores of students preparing for engineering and medical entrance exams prefer to take admission in dummy schools so that they can completely focus on preparing for competitive exams. They do not attend classes and directly appear for the board exams.
Keeping in mind the quota available in medical and engineering institutes for students of some states, candidates also select dummy schools. For example, candidates who have completed class 11 and 12 in Delhi are considered for admission to medical colleges in the national capital under the Delhi state quota.
With the number of suicides among competitive exam aspirants reaching a record high in Rajasthan’s Kota last year, experts are warning against the concept of “dummy schools”, saying students who stay away from regular schools often develop restrictive personalities. Struggles with growth and development.
Last year, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had also raised this issue in view of the increasing number of student suicides. Gehlot had called dummy schools as “fake schools”.
”Students of class 9 and 10 are enrolled in coaching institutes. You are committing a crime in a way. As if IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) is God. As soon as students come to these coaching institutes, they are enrolled in fake schools,” the veteran Congress leader had said.
In a recent interview with PTI, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also said that the issue of dummy schools can no longer be ignored.
Pradhan had said, “Though the number of such students is not very high compared to the total number of students…but the time has come for serious discussion and deliberation on this issue.”
(This story has not been edited by AyraNews24x7 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI,
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