bengaluru cracking down on schools without valid permits the department of school education and literacy has given 45 days time to these institutions to get the necessary permits about 1600 schools in karnataka have been identified as lacking the required permits for functioningit may be recalled that parents recently found that schools claiming to offer central board syllabi were affiliated only to the state syllabus after they asked students to write the class 5 and 8 common assessment meant only for state board schools following the incident the education department asked the deputy directors of public instruction to compile the number of schools that do not have valid recognition even though the department did not reveal the exact number of offenders it was learnt that there were about 1600 such schools these were schools that had issues with permits of various kinds some had recognition only till class 8 some had more sections than permitted some claimed to be cbse but had no affiliation from the central board and some followed textbooks that are not prescribed among other thingsin a circular dated april 13 the commissioner for school education said that schools without recognition from the state board would have to be shut down schools that have violated other conditions like running additional sections and claiming to be cbse without proper affiliation have to fall in line within 45 dayswhile schools are expected to reopen by may 31 the department has said they must get the necessary permits in 45 days in case they dont local officials like block education officers beos and deputy directors of public instruction have to close them down in the next three days and convey the news to the public the department has warned of disciplinary action if the officials fail to actin yet another circular dated april 17 the education department asked all schools cbse icse state board and others to display on the notice board their fees recognition affiliation and noc details and sections we are not ordering a blanket closure of the schools at fault instead we have given 45 days to them to rectify the mistakes they should display the necessary details on the website parents in the meantime have the option of changing schools in case they want to said vishal r the commissioner