While it’s already been three long years since the Right to Education (RTE) Act was implemented, it seems that the state government is still having a tough time implementing it. The education department is still waiting to receive information from all the schools in the city so it can renew their recognition.

The RTE rulebook says that all schools must submit documents pertaining to infrastructure and renew their recognition once every three years. Tired of waiting, the department has now issued a warning to all the schools, asking them to send in all their details by March 20, failing which they may be declared illegal. There are over 1,156 schools in the city, under the SSC, ICSE, CBSE, IGCSE and IB boards and the BMC.