India, July 17 -- The Maharashtra school education and sports department, in a government resolution (GR) issued on Wednesday, stated that non-minority schools will continue to remain non-minority institutions even if their management is transferred to a minority educational institution, putting to rest confusion over the legal status of such schools.

According to the resolution, a transfer of management alone does not automatically confer minority status on a school. The clarification follows reports of uncertainty at the field level over whether non-minority schools acquire minority status after being taken over by minority educational institutions.

The GR refers to the state's 2012 policy, which allows, with mutual consent, the trans...