Parents expecting quality education for their kids seem to prefer enrolling them in schools following central board curriculum instead of SSC. The Maharashtra government has recently sanctioned 1,804 new schools, of which 85 will be in Mumbai and Thane district. About 40 per cent of these schools will follow ICSE, CBSE and IGCSE curriculum.

With the lack of quality control in SSC boards, an increasing number of parents are enrolling their kids in schools which follow CBSE and ICSE curriculum