CBSE disaffiliates 25 schools in two hill districts of Manipur

Imphal : The Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi has withdrawn the affiliation which was recently granted to 25 different schools from Churachandpur and Kangpokpi district in ethnic torn Manipur.

According to a statement issued by Anjali Chongtham, the Joint Secretary (Education-S) Government of Manipur said “the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi has withdrawn the affiliation which was recently granted to the 25 schools with immediate effect, on the ground that the NOC submitted by these schools has not been issued by the authorised functionaries of the state government and for cancellation of affiliation requested by the state government”.

Further, the Joint Secretary also said that necessary action will be initiated against those responsible for flouting rules and regulations of the state government or of the central board of school education. It also warned that if any school is found not following the process in future, necessary action will be initiated against them also, apart from withdrawing of affiliation by competent authority.

On 14th December, 2023 one Dr. Lamtinthang Haokip in his X (formerly Twitter) had posted that “20 Educational Institutions (High Schools and Secondary Schools) from Churachandpur and 16 from Kangpokpi respectively are successfully affiliated to CBSE”.

However, on the same day, the Joint Secretary (Education-S) Government of Manipur Anjali Chongtham had issued a statement that said “the state government has not issued any NOC for affiliation with CBSE to any of the educational institutions in Churachandpur and Kangpokpi District since May, 2023”.

When checked on the School Affiliation Re-Engineered Automation System (SARAS 4.0) of CBSE, no list of recently affiliated schools in Churachandpur and Kangpokpi district of Manipur were found in the affiliated list. On the other hand, 14 schools from Churachandpur and 12 schools from Kangpokpi were found to be in the disaffiliated list.