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The GSHSEB is the nodal agency that gives permission to open secondary and higher secondary schools, or to upgrade primary schools to secondary and higher secondary level. (Source: File Photo)NEARLY 2,500 ‘non-viable’ private secondary and higher secondary schools in the state are staring at a shutdown. The shutting down of such schools would result in the reduction of nearly 6,800 self-financed secondary and higher secondary schools in Gujarat that are affiliated to various boards. During a survey conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) recently, several schools with students ‘below a viable number’ were identified. The survey carried out in each district at that time had identified 13,450 schools with 100 or less than 100 students, 6,826 primary schools with 50 or less students..