PRAYAGRAJ, June 18 -- The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) cancelled the recognition of 465 unaided secondary and intermediate schools across the state after they failed to enroll students or send any candidates for board examinations for two consecutive academic sessions. Under the provisions of the Intermediate Education Act, 1921, the recognition of a high school or intermediate college is deemed to have lapsed automatically if no student appears in board examinations or classes are not conducted for two successive years. Accordingly, the recognition of these institutions stands terminated because no students from them appeared in the UP Board examinations and no academic activities were conducted during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 sessions, said board officials. UP Board secretary Bhagwati Singh has directed all district inspectors of schools (DIoSs) to ensure that the academic records of such institutions are preserved in a government or aided school in their respective districts. The board has also released a district-wise list of schools whose recognition has been terminated. Among the affected districts, Ghazipur recorded the highest number of derecognised schools at 47, followed by Prayagraj with 25 institutions. Kanpur Nagar accounted for 18 schools, Etah 17, Azamgarh 16, while Aligarh, Mau and Lucknow had 15 schools each. Hardoi reported 14 such schools, Fatehpur 13 and Agra 12. Eleven schools each have been derecognised in Kaushambi, Sant Kabir Nagar, Mathura and Moradabad, while Pratapgarh, Ballia, Jaunpur, Firozabad and Mainpuri had 10 schools each on the list. In Prayagraj district, the institutions that lost recognition include AM Girls Inter College, Nihalpur Kareli; St Joseph's Girls College; MG Higher Secondary School, Lal Gopalganj; Zubaida Khatun Girls High School; NKS Inter College, Akorha Koraon; SSJPS Girls High School, Umarpur Neeva; Shivam High School, Lehra Gohri; Srimati BY Girls High School, Lokmanpur; Chinmaya High School, Rasulabad; New Bright Girls Inter College, Kareli; BITS Memorial Girls High School, Sewait; AB High School, Jagdishpur; AM Oxford Public College, Kareli; and Murari Singh Memorial Convent School, Holagarh Soraon among others....