Bangalore: A day after the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) published a list of schools recognised by various boards state, CBSE and ICSE that parents discovered to their horror to be mostly false, DPI officials said the bogus claims made by schools should become the starting point for a complete overhaul of the system.
Vibgyor, for instance, is the only school in the entire list that has ICSE recognition! Listed as an ICSE school, Vibgyor, however does not have CBSE recognition even though it claims to have permission from both boards.
This has raised serious questions over the veracity of the claims made by schools on the boards they are affiliated to, and whether the medium of instruction that they claim to have got permission for, is what is being followed.
Orchids, The International School, Jalahalli, given the licence by the DPI to run a Kannada medium school but functioning as an English medium school is only one of many in the city flouting the law.
Mr D. Shashikumar, Secretary, Karnataka Private Schools Joint Action Committee called for “a concrete action plan from the state government.”
DPI officials said that while a uniform set of regulations from all boards would end the confusion, they also urged parents to file complaints that could set an inquiry in motion.
Now Check school recognition online
Parents can now check on the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) website to know
whether the schools they have enrolled their kids into, have due recognition or not.
A list of recognised schools in the State has been put up on website of Department of Public Instruction, www.schooleducation.kar.nic.in
For CBSE and CICSE schools, the department has provided the website links of the respective boards. In the case of State board schools, the list of recognised schools in Bangalore North, South and Rural have been put up while the list of schools in other districts are being prepared, Commissioner for Public Instructions Mohammed Mohsin said. Schools whose names do not figure in this list are not recognised by the Education Board concerned.
The commissioner has requested parents to approach their children’s schools, ask for recognition certificates and report any discrepancies to the DPI officials.
