India, Nov. 19 -- The Bombay High Court has upheld the state government's revised norms for appointing teachers in government schools under a policy known as Sanch Manyata, saying the new staffing pattern does not violate the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

The policy, based on a government resolution (GR) dated March 15, 2024, links the number of teachers directly to student strength, mandating one teacher for fewer than 20 students, two for 20-60 students, and three for 61 or more students. A clutch of teachers, school managements and associations from several districts had challenged the GR in the high court, arguing that it improperly reduced subject-wise teacher positions in classes 6 to 8 and vio...