varanasi is the basic education department of varanasi involved in the operation of schools run illegally without governments recognition in the district in a meeting held on february 8 to review action taken against illegally operated schools in the district it came to light that there are 368 such schools operating without governments recognition it was clearly mentioned in the report by the additional district magistrate city mp singh that the basic education department is not showing interest in closing the illegally run schools it clearly indicates that the basic education department is extending its support to illegally run schools for their operation says the report despite prior information of the same the district inspector of schools and district basic shiksha adhikari did not attend the meeting however the assistant district inspector of schools and deputy basic shiksha adhikari were present the deputy basic shiksha adhikari vk gaud informed that a total of 368 schools are being operated without governments recognition out of these only 180 schools have applied for recognition and have been asked to fulfill the required parameters the official did not respond when asked what action is being taken against the 188 schools who had not applied for recognition he also failed to give a satisfactory answer when asked whether the schools that applied for recognition fulfilled the requirements as directed by the department for the closure of illegal schools the basic shiksha adhikari at a meeting held on december 10 2012 was directed to affix boards of nonrecognition in front of all illegally run schools but this instruction has not been followed so far by the basic education department raising suspicions of a nexus the assistant district inspector of schools op rai was directed to ensure appropriate action for immediate closing of nonrecognised schools