The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted surprise inspections at 29 schools across six regions on December 18 and 19 as part of its commitment to uphold educational standards. The inspections were carried out in Delhi on December 18 and in Bengaluru (Karnataka), Patna (Bihar), Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), and Ahmedabad (Gujarat) on December 19. A total of 29 teams, comprising a CBSE officer and a principal from an affiliated school, conducted these inspections within a limited time frame to ensure the element of surprise and the accuracy of findings. The primary objective of these inspections was to evaluate compliance with CBSE's norms and Affiliation Bye-Laws. The inspection teams focused on verifying student enrollment records, infrastructure facilities, and the overall functioning of the schools, CBSE stated. Majority of the inspected schools were found to have violated the Board's Affiliation Bye-Laws by enrolling students beyond their actual attendance records, effectively creating "non-attending" enrolments. Additionally, schools were found to be flouting infrastructural norms of the Board.
