Low enrolment: 621 schools to be closed, merged in Himachal
The Directorate of School Education has identified as many as 621 schools, primary to senior secondary, for de-notification, merger and downgrading due to zero or negligible enrolment. Education Minister Rohit Thakur gave the nod to denotify 103 zero enrolment schools with immediate effect in a review meeting of the education department in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.