Since 2002, 373 of 453 schools have been shortlisted for repairs. Representational Picture

By the looks of it, BMC has blinkers on. Despite the high dropout rates in its schools over the last few years, it has decided to pump Rs 37 crore into building two more schools. It will table the proposal before the standing committee’s approval on December 21. The city has over 5 lakh students in 453 BMC-run Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil and Telugu and Gujarati-medium schools.