Just days after the state government ordinance lead to dissolving of the education board of the Pune Municipal Corporation, several school principals and educationists heaved a sigh relief.

They said the ordinance had put to end to the ‘admission shops’ opened by politicos and officials of the education board, who were approached by student unions and parents for securing admissions for their children across private schools in the city by producing special reference letters signed by the education board officials. The governor signed the ordinance recently.