Following the Badlapur school incident, questions have been raised about the safety of children in schools. Currently, in Mumbai, nearly 100 posts of education inspectors—responsible for auditing schools in the city—out of the mandatory 132, have been lying vacant. There are around 3,000 schools in the city, including 1,129 civic-run ones. The responsibilities of these education inspectors include conducting regular visits to schools in Mumbai, conducting safety audits at schools and assessing the quality of education, among other things related to the functioning of the school.

According to civic officials, education inspectors have to possess a degree in BA or BSc, with a BEd and seven years of teaching experience.