Taking cognisance of coaching centers charging exorbitant fees from students, promoting unhealthy competition and stress among students, rise in student suicides and other malpractices, a set of new guidelines were released by the Education Ministry.
Through the guidelines, the ministry aims to regulate the coaching centers by way of an appropriate legal framework. The rules laid down propose to act heavily on the coaching institutes if found in violation.
As per the proposed guidelines, individuals who are interested in imparting coaching or establishing, running, managing or maintaining a coaching center, will now have to register the center as per the guidelines.
For centers having multiple branches, each of the branches would be considered as a separate coaching center which would need a separate application for its registration.
The validity of the registration according to the new rules will be decided by the appropriate government and has not been fixed. “The validity of the registration of coaching centers could have been mentioned in the guidelines. A quantitative mechanism to assess the facilities and quality of the institutions is essential to ensure the objectivity and transparency of the registration process,” says Dr V V George Kutty, Principal of Civil Service Institute, Pala.
The guidelines lay down certain conditions for approval. Failing to clear the conditions would cost heavily for the institutes.
Coaching centers will now have to ensure that the tutors have a minimum qualification of graduation and will also have to put up the updated details of the faculty, fees charged from students, etc on their dedicated website. In addition, coaching centers will also have to ensure that the tutors or persons who have been convicted for any offence involving moral turpitude are not hired.
Making misleading promises/advertisements to attract students and parents to enroll and be a part of the institute is strictly prohibited and will be crucial to revoke/not granting registration.
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