LG approves regularisation of 150 un-aided schools in unauthorised colonies

Delhi LG approves regularisation of 150 un-aided schools in unauthorised colonies, ending years of uncertainty for students.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena has approved the regularisation of 150 un-aided schools in unauthorised colonies, a Raj Niwas statement said on Tuesday (January 7, 2025). The approval was given on Monday (January 6, 2025).

According to the statement, these schools, where the access of roads is six metres or above, lie in areas such as Narela, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Colony, Najafgarh, Sangam Vihar, Asola, Nathupura, Deoli, Badarpur, Shyam Vihar, Bhagat Vihar, Mundka, etc. — all unauthorised colonies.

"The issue of regularisation of these schools had come up prominently in LG's 'Samvaad@RajNiwas' with principals/teachers of private schools on December 20, 2024. Saxena had then promised that he will look into the matter and very soon get it sorted," the statement said.

“These schools, where thousands of students mostly belonging to economically weaker sections, study have been awaiting regularisation since as long as 2008 and facing harassment from Directorate of Education, MCD and DDA,” it said.

“The LG, while approving the regularisation of these schools, has instructed that the same be done in confirmation with the provisions of applicable building bye-laws, statutory requirement for fire safety, structural safety/stability, etc.,” it stated.

LG Saxena had earlier convened a meeting on this matter with the Chief Secretary along with officials of the Education Department, MCD and DDA, wherein the hardship being faced by these schools and their students was discussed, the statement said.

“It was brought to notice that these schools had been in operation prior to January 1, 2006, and had been lying in the lurch in absence of any concrete decision,” it said.