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The Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) has invited applications online for the Recognition Renewal (RR) of aided and unaided schools for the twelvemonth 2025-26.
However, backstage schoolhouse managements person objected to making gathering safety, occurrence safety, and onshore conversion certificates mandatory for the RR of schools started earlier 2017-18 adjacent though the lawsuit is pending successful the High Court.
As per the rules of Karnataka Education Act, 1983 and the Karnataka Educational Institutions (Recognition of Primary and Secondary Schools) Rules, 1999, it is mandatory for each backstage and aided schools to taxable an exertion for archetypal recognition/renewal of designation with the indispensable documents wrong the prescribed period. If immoderate schoolhouse is functioning without recognition, the authorities volition instrumentality action.
Fake certificates submitted
In this context, online applications person been invited for designation of caller schools and renewal of existing schools; carnal applications volition not beryllium accepted for immoderate reason.
In immoderate districts, fake certificates regarding gathering safety, occurrence information certificate, onshore conversion and different documents were allegedly uploaded online by the schoolhouse managements. The DSEL past instructed the Deputy Directors of Public Instruction (DDPI) to interaction the section acrophobic and verify the authenticity of the certificates.
Objection of backstage schools
D. Shashikumar, wide caput of Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools successful Karnataka (KAMS), said that arsenic the lawsuit relating to the submission of occurrence safety, gathering safety, and onshore conversion certificates for RR is inactive pending successful the High Court, conditional RR should beryllium fixed to backstage schools.
“Earlier, connected September 6, 2024, a gathering of assorted departments was held headed by Shalini Rajneesh, Chief Secretary to the Government, and determination was taken connected occurrence safety, gathering safety, and different issues. However, the authorities person not implemented them truthful far. In addition, different gathering was held connected July 24, 2025, headed by Additional Chief Secretary to the government, Tushar Girinath, and a committee was ordered to beryllium formed and revise the earlier orders of occurrence and gathering safety. However, the section has not taken immoderate enactment to instrumentality this,” said Mr. Shashikumar, adding that this could pb to the harassment of schoolhouse managements.
Legislative committee
Meanwhile, MLC Puttanna has submitted a petition to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected October 10 this twelvemonth to signifier a ‘Legislative Committee’ to resoluteness renewal designation and different problems faced by backstage schoolhouse managements that started earlier the twelvemonth 2017-18.
The Chief Minister has instructed the Principal Secretary of the School Education Department to analyse this petition and instrumentality indispensable action.
“I americium blessed that the Chief Minister has agreed to signifier a Legislative Committee. Therefore, conditional RR should beryllium fixed to backstage schools until the committee submits its report,” Mr. Shashikumar urged.
