The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) today cancelled recognition of 465 self-financed schools in the State that did not participate in any session for two consecutive years.
The Board said that neither academic classes were in session in the affected institutions nor any student appeared before the board exams during the 2024-25 academic year or the 2025-26 academic year. After carefully reading the evidence and considering participation in exams, the authorities decided that the schools did not meet the minimum standards required to remain recognised.
A total of 150 schools were derecognised with Prayagraj having maximum number of schools. 142 schools were there at Varanasi, 102 schools at Meerut. The number of institutions was 34 in Bareilly region and 37 in Gorakhpur region respectively.
Most of the impacted institutions were high schools; there were 306 schools who lost their recognition. There were 53 girls’ schools and 253 co-educational schools among them. Rather the other 159 institutions were intermediate colleges, of which 41 were girls’ colleges, and 118 were co-educational institutions.
This action was pursuant to provisions of the Intermediate Education Act, 1921. If a newly recognized high school/ intermediate institution fails to hold classes or to have students meet the demands for board exams for two consecutive years, the recognition automatically ends as enumerated in Regulation 11(d).
UP Board Director (Secretary) Bhagwati Singh clarified that the provision was kept for only institutional education institutions to be recognized that are actually functioning. He said that the clause does not cover one-off introductory classes, extra classes and extra subjects in already validated schools.
The Board termed it as a step towards upholding educational standards and accountability of known institutions in UP.