While 2025 has already neared an end, as many as 175 private unaided schools under Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) and 255 schools from the Nagpur district have continued to run without Right to Education (RTE) approval, as per an RTI query filed by Nitin Dalvi, a member of the Maharashtra Student Teachers’ Parents Federation. Dalvi, on Wednesday, wrote to the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) alleging that the schools continue to operate as no strict action has been taken against them.

The activist has demanded strict action against such schools, including cancellation of their recognition and even a monetary penalty, as per the RTE Act. The schools need to renew their RTE approval every three years with ‘swamanyata’, the last slot for which was 2022-2025.