Gurugram: The Central Board of Secondary Training (CBSE) has suspended the affiliation of GD Goenka Excessive Faculty, Gurugram, for the tutorial yr of 2026-27 after discovering a number of violations of the board’s bylaws associated to campus security and infrastructure.
CBSE in its letter, seen by PR, on December 4, the board talked about that after reviewing the varsity’s reply submitted on September 29 and the observations of the inspection committee (IC), CBSE barred the establishment from admitting college students in courses 9 and 11 for the subsequent educational yr. Nevertheless, the board additionally talked about that the scholars at present enrolled in courses 9 and 11 shall be allowed to proceed their schooling in the identical faculty.
As per the board, IC discovered that the varsity with courses upto Class 12,was sharing its infrastructure and premises with two different establishments, GD Goenka World Faculty, an IB faculty and GD Goenka College, a non-public college, with out ample boundaries and demarcations. The findings revealed that each one three establishments shared a typical reception space.
The IC additionally reported that the varsity doesn’t have a correct boundary wall on all 4 sides. It famous that on the entrance facet, there may be solely a three-foot-high boundary wall with fencing above it. On the left facet, there may be neither a wall nor fencing, with solely a typical passage utilized by the college, permitting college college students to freely stroll by way of the world. This was in violation of clause 3.1.5 of the CBSE affiliation bylaws, which mandates that faculty land should have correct boundaries and clear demarcation.
Regardless of repeated makes an attempt by PR, the varsity authorities had been unavailable for feedback on the matter.
The board additionally acquired a criticism, elevating considerations about pupil security on the campus. It noticed that insufficient boundary partitions had been exposing college students to potential dangers, equivalent to bullying and harassment. The inspection committee additional famous that people not in class uniform, together with these visiting for admissions, had been current throughout the faculty campus throughout faculty hours.
In its submission to the board, the varsity said that it was working on 7.68 acres with separate entry and exit factors, inside a complete space of 60 acres. Nevertheless, the board famous a discrepancy on the OASIS portal as of September 18, the place the varsity had reported a land space of 18,211 sq. metres, indicating a transparent mismatch within the declared land space.
One other discovering of the IC pointed to discrepancies associated to laboratory services. Whereas the varsity claimed to have two laboratories, one composite science lab and one arithmetic lab, the committee noticed that no pictures of the composite science laboratory had been submitted, indicating that the varsity doesn’t have a separate composite science laboratory on floor.
CBSE has additional directed the varsity to disengage all different establishments working from its premises and make sure that the constructing and playground are used completely by college students of GD Goenka Excessive Faculty. The board has additionally directed the varsity to demarcate its land by developing a six-foot-high concrete boundary wall across the total campus.
