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Massive Student Buying and Selling Scam Exposed in Beed Educational Institutions
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News18•13-10-2026, 21:50
Massive Student Buying and Selling Scam Exposed in Beed Educational Institutions
- •A shocking scam involving the buying and selling of students to obtain bogus staff approvals has been exposed in Beed district.
- •Champawati School inflated its enrollment numbers by showing excess students, including three students from Uttarakhand who were purchased and later dropped.
- •The massive racket was uncovered during an inquiry by Primary Education Officer Jayshri Chavan, leading to a report being submitted to the Pune Education Commissioner.
- •School headmaster Sarang Joshi has been suspended, highlighting a dark chapter where institutions trade students to manipulate staff approvals and loot the government treasury.
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An inquiry revealed that Champawati Private School inflated its student numbers by showing over two hundred excess students to secure staff approval, including three students from Uttarakhand who were registered temporarily.
The massive scam was uncovered during an investigation by Primary Education Officer Jayshri Chavan, who submitted her report to the Pune Education Commissioner. Consequently, the school's headmaster, Sarang Joshi, was suspended.
Private institutions used U-DISE IDs of students from other states or English-medium schools to show paper admissions during staff approval periods, inflating numbers to preserve teacher positions or gain new bogus sections.
