Bogus Gujarat school operating from shops for past 7 years busted

RAJKOT: A team of education department officials Friday busted a bogus English medium school operating without affiliation to any board for the past seven years from some four shops in Pipaliya village, 19kms from Rajkot, Gujarat. The school was running classes from 1 to 10 and had hired as teachers some former pupils who had studied only up to classes 9 or 10.
Vimal Gadhvi, in-charge taluka primary education officer, said he had received a complaint from panchayat president that two students of Gauri English Medium School were not issued school leaving certificates."On checking our records, we found that no school by this name existed. We inspected the premises on Friday and found that it was operating without any recognition," Gadhvi said. He has filed a police complaint. Students of this school will be given admission in govt or private schools in the area by Monday under the Right to Education Act, he added.
Katyayani Tiwari, owner of the school, insisted that the process of authorisation and recognition was in progress, which is why classes were being run from makeshift infrastructure.