Last Update: January 12, 2023, 18:01 IST
The Uttar Pradesh government has approved the proposed new norms and conditions for setting up new schools. (Representational Image)
Under the new guideline, private schools affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Council aka UP Board will not be able to open in small buildings.
The Uttar Pradesh government has approved the proposed new norms and conditions for setting up new schools.
Under the new guideline, private schools affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Council aka UP Board will not be able to open in small buildings.
The government has said that now 3,000 square meters of land will be needed to open a school in the urban area. Earlier schools could open in 650 square meter area.
Similarly, 6 thousand square meters of land has been made standard for setting up schools in rural areas. It was earlier 2,000 square metres.
The bail amount for recognition has also been increased manifold. Smart classes, computer classes and other state-of-the-art resources have also been made mandatory.
According to the order issued by Principal Secretary (Secondary Education) Deepak Kumar, these changes are being made to ensure quality education at the national level. Education Policy-2020.
Approval has been given to the proposal to amend the rules of the Board of Secondary Education to give recognition to private schools.
The State Government has given instructions to the President and Secretary of the Council that according to the provisions of Section-16(2) of the Secondary Education Act, 1921, notification of standards and conditions should be published in the Gazette.
UP Board’s High School and Intermediate Colleges will now be recognized initially for three years.
Later it will be renewed for five years keeping in view the compliance of recognition conditions and arrangements in the school. These standards have been set in the context of the new accreditation approved by the government.
Previously there was a provision for on-site inspection for accreditation where school district inspectors would stand in front of the building and click photographs of themselves and the building and attach them to the report.
Now the District Committee will conduct a detailed inspection. Videography and photography of the building, laboratory, playground, boundary wall, library will be done. It will be uploaded on the Council’s website.
Also the student-teacher ratio in the school shall not exceed 40:1. It will be mandatory to have one teacher for each subject. After getting the recognition, the schools will have to publish the result and fee details every year on the website.
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