A white paper on the state of municipal education in the city released by Praja Foundation on Tuesday said that Mumbai parents prefer unrecognised schools run in single rooms or under tin roofs over civic schools.

The data shows that such unrecognised schools, which numbered only 80 in the academic year 2014-15 have risen to 225 in the academic year 2018-19. On the other hand, since 2014-15, enrollment in civic schools fell by 31 per cent, with the number of schools dropping from 1,254 to 1,154.