The new set of guidelines introduced by the Education Ministry have laid bare the absence of a legal framework to regulate coaching centres in the State.
Introduced to eliminate a “coaching culture”, the guidelines seek to rein in unregulated private coaching centres, some of which have been found to engage in malpractices, including charging exorbitant fees and subjecting students to undue stress leading to suicides.
In the absence of a national law, the Centre has deemed it best for such institutions to be regulated by States and Union Territories since Plus 2-level education comes under the purview of the respective government.
