PRAYAGRAJ, May 17 -- In a major policy shift, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to bring all 18 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Rajkiya Abhinav Vidyalayas under the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board), discontinuing their affiliation with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

These English-medium schools, set up at divisional headquarters across the state, will now operate like other government secondary schools under the state board system. Officials said the proposal has been approved by the Secondary Education Department.

A letter issued on May 11 by special secretary Krishna Kumar Gupta to the Director of Secondary Education approved the transition from CBSE to UP Board affiliation, a copy of which is wit...