The 'school adoption' scheme in Maharashtra is a subject of ongoing debate, with proponents emphasising its potential to improve educational infrastructure and critics raising questions about its long-term implications for public education
Educators protest with a call for boycott as government imposes financial audit and illiteracy survey, risking academic focus and overburdening the staff
Balbharati this year published new textbooks for government-run schools which were distributed for free. These textbooks also include blank pages after every chapter or lesson.
The education department, last year, began the drive to upload Aadhaar cards of all the students studying in government schools on the SARAL portal in an attempt to get an accurate number of students studying in government schools.