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Mumbai civic school files complaint after CJP audit
Times of India··23 Aug
On 23 August 2026, the headmaster of Colaba Market Civic School filed a complaint with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation after Cockroach Janta Party members inspected the school. The visit was part of the national School Theek Karo campaign launched on Independence Day. Auditors listed a Telugu-medium section without teachers, few benches, dirty toilets, broken taps and garbage-strewn rooms.
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What It Means For You
- If your child studies in a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation school, the Colaba complaint is the first formal pushback against citizen audits in Mumbai.
- Anyone planning a volunteer visit should note that the civic education department has now asked for prior permission before entry.
- Parents of Telugu, Gujarati or other small-medium sections should know the Colaba audit said those classes were being taught together and that CCTV had not been reinstalled after the shift.
What's Happening
- The school is running from a building near Colaba Market after its original premises were declared structurally unsafe, with enrolment down from about 3,700 to 2,700.
- CJP members were also stopped at Nadkarni Park Municipal School in Wadala when they tried a second visit without permission.
- Teacher-activist Bhausaheb Chaskar said photographs and statements of children should not be used without parental consent.
Why A Civic School Audit Met A Complaint
- School Theek Karo began on Independence Day as a nationwide check of water, toilets, staff and safety in government schools.
- Education officer Sujata Khare said vernacular mediums with few pupils are often taught together and that the headmaster had been summoned after the Colaba findings.
- The civic body has not published the text of the headmaster's complaint or a standing rule on independent social audits.
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