CBSE withdraws affiliation of Sangrur school

Parvesh Sharma

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, December 3

Around 1,400 students of Little Flower Convent School, Sangrur, face an uncertain future as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has withdrawn the affiliation of the school. The Shimla-Chandigarh Educational Society, which runs the school, has decided to challenge the withdrawal in court.

Sources said the CBSE secretary in his letter to the school has claimed that the school authorities were indulging in commercial activities like selling books and stationary on its campus, which was not allowed. It was also claimed that the school authorities were not implementing NCERT books and promoting books of private publishers and that the mandatory book list was not displayed to students on the notice board.

Worried parents said since more than half the session had passed, they would not be able to shift their children to other schools now.

School principal Sister Lissy could not be contacted as she was not in the school.

School manager Michael Collin confirmed that they had received a CBSE letter regarding the withdrawal of the affiliation.

“The CBSE has cited three reasons — selling of books and stationary on the school campus, not implementing NCERT books and not displaying book list. But all these are false allegations as neither we sell books here nor have violated any NCERT guidelines. We have informed parents that we will challenge the withdrawal in court,” Collin added.

Uncertain future 

• Around 1,400 students of Little Flower Convent School, Sangrur, face an uncertain future as the CBSE has withdrawn the affiliation of the school. 
• The Shimla-Chandigarh Educational Society, which runs the school, has decided to challenge the withdrawal in court.