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48 Prayagraj schools dropped from UP Board exam centre list
The Story in Brief
The UP Board has dropped 48 schools from its proposed examination centre list for the 2027 high school and intermediate exams in Prayagraj, drawing allegations of irregularities. The list, released on 26 October, proposes 269 centres, 11 more than the 258 centres in 2026. Of last year's centres, 210 were retained and 59 new schools added.
Over a dozen government and government-aided schools, including Majidia Islamia Inter College and Crosthwaite Girls Inter College, were cut while more self-financed institutions were added than in the previous year. Affected schools allege infrastructure was deliberately shown as inadequate to exclude them, and that some new centres lack the facilities they were certified to have. Complaints also surfaced about pressure on self-financed schools to provide undue benefits. UP Board secretary Bhagwati Singh said centres were finalised based on tehsil-level verification reports, and objections are being addressed at district level.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The dropped schools, including historic institutions like Crosthwaite Girls Inter College, leave thousands of students across Prayagraj needing new exam centres with just months to go before the 2027 exams. The UP Board's online process and reliance on tehsil-level verification reports create a closed loop: schools that lose out allege the physical verification itself was rigged against them. Self-financed schools outnumber government schools in the fresh list, despite the policy giving priority to state-run institutions. The board says objections are being handled at district level, but with no independent review mechanism named, the affected schools have no further recourse until the final list is published.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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