Shibu Thomas | TNN
Mumbai: Persons who are not even SSC pass decide the education policy for lakhs of students in Thane, a petition filed in the Bombay high court has alleged. The petition by ex-civic employee Vikrant Chavan claimed that the Thane Municipal Corporation’s education board had some members who had studied only up to the fourth or the seventh standard.
Expressing concern at the state of affairs, a division bench of Justice Bilal Nazki and Justice Vijaya Kapse-Tahilramani on Monday gave the state three months to make changes to the 62-yearold law so that suitably qualified persons could be appointed. Chavan’s counsel, advocate Neeta Karnik, said: “The law is obsolete. The education board takes all major policy decisions on primary education, with funds to the tune of crores at its disposal. Appointing persons who are not qualified will have a drastic effect on the quality of education provided to children.’’
The law in question is the Bombay Primary Education Act of 1947 that sets guidelines for members of the education board of local civic agencies. The board monitors the functioning of around 130 municipal schools and between over 500 aided and unaided schools. The provisions of the act specify that the elected member should have at least cleared the Primary School Certificate Examination. “This exam is no longer held which means that the minimum qualification has to be at least SSC,’’ said Karnik.
Mumbai: Persons who are not even SSC pass decide the education policy for lakhs of students in Thane, a petition filed in the Bombay high court has alleged. The petition by ex-civic employee Vikrant Chavan claimed that the Thane Municipal Corporation’s education board had some members who had studied only up to the fourth or the seventh standard.
Expressing concern at the state of affairs, a division bench of Justice Bilal Nazki and Justice Vijaya Kapse-Tahilramani on Monday gave the state three months to make changes to the 62-yearold law so that suitably qualified persons could be appointed. Chavan’s counsel, advocate Neeta Karnik, said: “The law is obsolete. The education board takes all major policy decisions on primary education, with funds to the tune of crores at its disposal. Appointing persons who are not qualified will have a drastic effect on the quality of education provided to children.’’
The law in question is the Bombay Primary Education Act of 1947 that sets guidelines for members of the education board of local civic agencies. The board monitors the functioning of around 130 municipal schools and between over 500 aided and unaided schools. The provisions of the act specify that the elected member should have at least cleared the Primary School Certificate Examination. “This exam is no longer held which means that the minimum qualification has to be at least SSC,’’ said Karnik.
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