The ICSE council has asked teachers of its schools not to use the council’s name or logo at any seminar, workshop or training programme without its “prior consent and approval”.

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has issued a circular to school heads asking them to relay the message to all its teachers. “This is to bring under your attention that the council has come across various instances of teachers from council affiliated schools using the council’s name while introducing themselves at training programmes/seminars/ workshops conducted by them using online/offline platforms,” the circular said.

The council “strongly” disapproves” of such “unauthorised use of its name or logo without prior consent and approval”, the circular said.

Teachers can attend or participate in such events at their own discretion, the council said.

The circular hasn’t mentioned why it imposed such a restriction on teachers.

Some teachers give tuitions online and try to attract students by using the council’s name, a school principal said. The council wants to stop this, the principal said.

The council has received several complaints about teachers offering tuitions and using its name to reach out to students.