9 months ago
BMC Expands Non-State Board Schools Amid Rising Demand
The BMC schools in Mumbai that teach non-state boards like CBSE and IB are very popular.
Last year, they had more than 2,000 applications for just 1,200 seats.
To help more students, the BMC is adding more classes and dividing them into morning and afternoon batches.
They are also building three new schools.
This year, there are 2,262 seats available in 22 schools.
The admissions are done through a lottery system and started on January 1.
BMC is increasing divisions in existing non-state board schools to accommodate more students.
Morning and afternoon batches are being planned to manage space constraints.
Three new BMC school buildings are expected to be ready by March.
Over 2,200 seats are available across 22 BMC-run schools for various non-state boards.
Admissions are conducted through a lottery system and started on January 1.
- Who
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
- What
- Expanding non-state board schools by increasing divisions and planning new buildings
- Where
- Mumbai
- When
- Admission process from January 1 to January 20; new schools expected by March
- Why
- To accommodate growing demand for non-state board education
Key facts
- Organization
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
- Current Schools
- 22
- Available Seats
- 2,262
- Applications Received (Last Year)
- 2,459
- Seats Available (Last Year)
- 1,242
- Admission Process Duration
- January 1 - January 20
- Expected New Schools
- 3 (by March)
- Boards Offered
- CBSE, ICSE, IB, IGCSE
Quotes
Prachi Jambhekar
Deputy municipal commissioner (Education)
“We are trying to accommodate more divisions in the early grades by managing their batches in the morning and afternoon. The classes for younger students will be in the morning because their school hours are lesser and older students in the evening as their hours are more. While also utilising all the space available in the school.”
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“We have to deny admissions to almost 50 percent of the students, which is a scenario we would soon like to change. To make education more accessible to all currently we are starting with increasing divisions. The major challenge is space constraints.”
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Sources
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