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School management panel norms meant only for govt entities: Centre
The New Indian Express Chennai
|May 22, 2026
FOLLOWING representations received from private schools voicing their opposition to the revised School Management Committee (SMC) guidelines 2026 released recently, the Ministry of Education on Thursday said they would be exempted from implementing them, provided they do not receive any aid or grants from their respective state governments or local authority.
An official release from the Education Ministry said it had sent a communication on Wednesday (May 20) to all states and Union Territories, clarifying that the schools mentioned in Section 2(n)(iv) of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 would not be covered by these guidelines.
This story is from the May 22, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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