India, May 31 -- A last-minute government order requiring inclusion of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) logo on uniforms that will be distributed among government school students at the start of the academic year has created much confusion among teachers, school management committees, uniform suppliers, and parents across Maharashtra.

With barely two weeks left for schools to reopen after the summer break with the new academic year on June 15, school management committees and teachers said the directive had come too late and there wasn't enough time for implementation.

"We are not opposing the decision. But this order should have come at least two or three months earlier," said Vijay Kombe, state president of the Maharashtra State Primar...