Schools disaffiliated by CBSE in Delhi continue functioning as usual; students, parents say they don’t know about the derecognition

CBSE withdraws affiliation from 16 Delhi schools for 'dummy admissions', causing concern among students and parents.

A few days have passed since the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on November 6 withdrew affiliation to 16 schools in Delhi for allowing ‘dummy admissions’ — enrolling students who skip school and attend classes at coaching institutes to prepare for competitive entrance examinations.

The development was likely to cause concern among students at these schools. While the derecognised schools have the option to reapply for affiliation after working on the issues pointed out by the CBSE, the process may take up to a year. In the meantime, while the students from Classes 1 to 9 may not be directly impacted, those set to appear for their Board examinations may have little choice except to shift to another school in the middle of the year.

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However, when The Hindu visited some of these disaffiliated schools, which are concentrated in Narela, Nangloi, Alipur, and Mundka, little sense of alarm was felt among the students and their parents. Most said they did not know about the punitive action, given that the schools had not yet changed or taken down the signboards declaring their affiliation with the CBSE or posted notices outside about the derecognition.

Rohit (name changed), a Class 12 student enrolled in Khemo Devi Public School in Narela, who was visiting the school to complete a formality, said he did not know about the CBSE’s action.

Donning a cap bearing the name of his coaching institute from where he is preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination, Rohit said he comes to school only to appear for Board examinations based on the instructions from his institute in Punjabi Bagh.

The school’s principal was not available for comment.