As many as 33 secondary schools, including two civic-run institutions, in Maharashtra’s Thane district have been declared unauthorised by the Thane Zilla Parishad, an official said on Wednesday. Education officer (secondary) Seshrao Bade said in his order that notices have been sent to schools that have been classified as unauthorised and managements have been ordered to shut these institutions.

The schools which have received the notices have been asked to give a compliance report to the Zilla Parishad education department, the official release stated.

Of the 33 unauthorised schools, 18 are English medium, three Hindi and the rest are Marathi medium schools, while the list also includes two civic-run schools, it was stated.

Source: PTI

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