MUMBAI: A day after the Centre banned the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) as an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for five years, the Maharashtra government will soon initiate steps for taking over its Islamic International School (IIS) at Dockyard Road.School and higher education minister Vinod Tawde said once a notification is received by the state government, the education department will initiate steps to implement the ban. “We will follow the due process to implement the ban.We will ensure students and teachers do not suffer. How we take over the school will be decided later,'' Tawde told TOI.On the basis of reports submitted by some states and Mumbai police commissioner, the Union cabinet on Tuesday decided to ban IRF for its founder Zakir Naik 's objectionable and subversive speeches and criminal cases against him and other members of the NGO in Mumbai, Sindhudurg and Kerala.A senior education department official said since the Centre banned the IRF , the state government has no option but to ensure that the trustees or office-bearers have no control over its management. The state government will appoint an administrator or entrust its management to a minority organisation. “We are not sure if we will be able to appoint an administrator immediately or we should wait till the end of the current academic session. We will take the law and judiciary department's opinion before taking a decision,'' he said.The government has also decided to keep a close watch on local organizations and individuals that continue to fund the IRF and will treat them as anti-social elements.Minister of state for home Deepak Kesarkar said banning IRF had dealt a strong blow to the organisation. “Its anti-national activities can now be controlled. Though it cannot receive funds from international organisations, there is a strong suspicion it will continue to receive funds from locals, so these transactions will be monitored,“ said Kesarkar.He said the government was simultaneously monitoring Naik's school here, to check if it is carrying out “indoctrination“.“We have to ensure children are not being taught what IRF is known for. The curriculum should be as prescribed by the government. Children cannot be allowed to be radicalised in the school,“ he said.He said the government wanted to send a strong message to other local organisations, which may be discreetly engaged in “anti-national“ activities, that they are under the scanner and will face “serious consequences“ if even slight evidence is found against them.Parents who send their wards to the school have, howe ver, been told that its management will not change. Though both were founded by Naik, IRF and IIS are separate entities run by separate boards of trustees.“The only common link is Dr Zakir Naik, who founded IRF and the school. Even if IRF stops operations, the school will continue to run, as it is run by the Islamic Education Trust ,“ said an IRF spokesperson. The spokesperson maintained that the NGO had not received any notification about the ban till Wednesday evening.Founded in 2001, the school teaches modern subjects, though it puts a premium on Islamic values. After it came under the Economic Offence Wing's scanner for alleged financial irregularity and recent reports of possible change in management, a parent-teacher meeting was held. Parents expressed satisfaction with the school's functioning, including its curricula.When TOI visited the school on Wednesday, teachers said students were taking exams.(With inputs from Bhavika Jain & Vinamrata Borwankar)