COIMBATORE:
Sixty eight nursery and primary schools without the mandatory state
recognition have been issued notices by the department of elementary
education. If they do not comply and obtain recognition, they will be
sent a second round of notices by the end of November. If these continue
to function further without the required certificates, they will be
directed to shut shop before March, so that the students in these
schools could be admitted in other schools. Officials believe that most
of these schools will not be able to meet the conditions mandated by the
government and will have to be closed down.
P Jeyaraj,
district elementary education officer (DEEO), said after a meeting of
assistant education officers (AEO)s on Tuesday that unauthorised schools
were issued notices in the last few weeks. "About three months ago,
head masters of government schools were asked to identify schools
in their locality. Notices were sent to those schools that were found
to be functioning without approval," he said. They have been asked to
get the various certificates required to run a school.
A team
of officials from the education department will visit these schools next
week and hold inspections and note the progress made with regard to the
required norms. Certifications including stability certificate, fire
and safety certificate as well as certificates from the department of
health and the city corporation are necessary to run a school. Most
important of these conditions is the minimum land required to run a
school. Schools in corporation limits should have a minimum of 33 cents,
in municipality areas 55 cents, town panchayat an acre and village
panchayats three acre to function. If these schools fail to comply with
all the norms, they will be directed to close down before the end of the
academic year.
According to S Mayadevi, president, private
school welfare association, many schools have not renewed their licences
as they do not have the required land. The criterion on minimum land
was imposed only a year ago. Obtaining an acre to three acres in the
rural areas has become impossible, she said.
She also said the
closure of schools will affect the students. Around 30 schools were
closed at the start of this academic year for similar reasons. "This had
affected the students who found it hard to get admission in other
schools. A similar situation could arise," she said. She wondered how
many government school followed the norms.
However, Jeyaraj
insisted that all the unauthorised schools will be closed down before
March, so that students can obtain admission in other schools.
The certificates required for schools
Stability certificate
Fire and safety certificate
'D-Form' certificate from tahsildar
Sanitary certificate from the health department
Approval from Local Planning Authority (LPA) for building plan
Minimum land as mandated by the state government
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