MUMBAI: The 11 Mumbai Public Schools (MPS) run by the BMC have now got CBSE affiliation, making it the first civic body in the country to offer education under various boards.
The first CBSE civic school — brainchild of environment minister Aaditya Thackeray — was started in Poonam Nagar, Jogeshwari, in the academic year 2020-21.
This academic year, 10 more CBSE schools were added to offer free education to children from kindergarten to class 6. Each class has 40 students and higher grades will be added each year.
A budget of Rs 2 crore was allocated for the schools.
On Wednesday, the schools received the CBSE affiliation, said BMC education officer Raju Tadvi.MPS attracted students of parents who had lost their jobs and or faced financial crunch due to the pandemic.
In a tweet, Thackeray said the affiliation will further strengthen their dream to provide quality education in BMC schools. The civic body has also been running an ICSE school since last year, and affiliation is awaited. A Cambridge board school, too, will be operational in the academic year 2022-23.
Parents have been demanding that the 1,200 civic schools in the city also get the attention they need. The condition of most of these schools is bad and parents said that while efforts are being made to increase the number of MPS, others remain ignored.
Teachers were trained in the CBSE curriculum and are teaching at the schools in Dadar, Borivli, Vikhroli, Andheri, Matunga, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Mulund.
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