Over 2000 private schools remain unapproved
Posted on: 13/Nov/2014 3:35:41 PM
Over 2000 private matric schools are found to be functioning without obtaining mandatory approval for nearly two years. This is due to the lag in taking a firm decision in giving out approval for these schools as they fail to have mandatory building approval or they had only lesser area of land against the mandatory space of three to six acres.
The state government constituted a committee comprising the director of school education as the chairman along with other members from Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) and revenue officials.
Considering the students studying in these schools, several sessions of discussions were held by the committee, said K.R. Nandakumar, secretary of TN nursery, primary, matric and higher secondary schools association.
As the real estate prices are sky-rocketing in places like Chennai, Tiruchi, Madurai and Coimbatore, it is too arduous for these old schools to obtain more land area for expansion of the school. Most of these schools age over two decades. All these were highlighted in the meet and represented to the government.
The final decision on this issue is yet to be taken, said correspondent of one of these unapproved schools.
