Navi Mumbai: The Raigad Zilla Parishad has declared 34 schools operating in the Raigad district as illegal.

‘Of these 18 are in Panvel taluka, while Karjat and Mhasla taluka have four each and one in Uran. Most of the Panvel taluka based schools are English medium schools.

Raigad Zilla Parishad (RZP) Education Officer (Primary) Seshrao Bade said, "The schools have been operating without the state government’s permission for a while. Hence they have been declared illegal.”

These schools have admitted several children. However, the district authorities have appealed to the guardians of children not to admit their wards in these schools.

RZP through their block education officers conduct a survey of schools annually prior to publishing the list of illegal schools.

If such schools are noticed then the block education officer is empowered to take suitable action under RTE (Right to Education) Act-2009 and state rules and regulations framed in 2012.

Students admitted to such schools will not be absorbed to any other school in case of a problem.

Hence parents will be responsible for loss of educational years of their children.

