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Private Firms to take over BMC schools

Hindustan Times | ByPoorvi Kulkarni, Mumbai
Jul 26, 2012 01:10 AM IST

Schools run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon undergo a change of guard.

Schools run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon undergo a change of guard.

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In a decision likely to change the face of municipal education in the city, the civic standing committee on Wednesday cleared a proposal that calls for handing over the reins of the management of civic schools to private organisations.

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From the coming academic year, schools which have seen drastic dropout rates in the past few years will be handed over to such organisations in a phased manner

The private organisation managing a civic school will have the right to decide on the curriculum of the school, and to recruit its own teaching staff.

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