India, Dec. 6 -- Over 2,500 schools in the state remained closed on Friday as teachers' organisations held protests across Maharashtra. Several unions staged demonstrations in major cities, while the response in the city was minimal, with only nine schools in Mumbai division being shut. Around 13,216 teachers across the state were on leave without permission, of whom 767 were from Mumbai division, according to data shared by the education department.

Around 15 organisations came together to oppose issues such as the compulsory Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) and the new Sanch Manyata rules, which govern teacher approval and recruitment.

The state school education department had, on March 15, 2024, issued a government resolution (GR) not...