India, Aug. 1 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has conducted surprise inspections at 15 schools in Delhi, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Andhra Pradesh to verify suspicions that they were violating affiliation norms by enrolling "non-attending" or dummy students in Classes 11 and 12.

A total of 15 teams consisting of a board officer and principal of schools affiliated with the board conducted the inspections in a synchronised manner "to get accurate information about working and operations of the schools," the board said in a statement issued on Friday.

Eight of the 15 schools were in Delhi, two in Maharashtra, and one each in Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, ...