nWith rampart reports of coaching centres luring even class five students to seek guidance for entrance for engineering, medical, law and other competitions, the Centre on Thursday issued stringent rule stating coaching centres cannot enroll students below 16 years of age which means either a student should be in class 10th or class 11th.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) also called that the coaching institutes should avoid making any misleading promises and guarantee rank or good marks.
The Centre has also clarified that the state government will be responsible for monitoring the activities of the coaching centre and enquiring about any coaching centre regarding the fulfilment of required eligibility of registration and satisfactory activities of the coaching centre.
The MoE has also suggested that coaching centres be penalised up to Rs 1 lakh or their registration be cancelled for charging exorbitant fees that cause undue stress leading to student suicide or for other malpractices.
The new guidelines has come for regulating the coaching institutes and they have been framed to address the need for a legal framework and manage the unregulated growth of private coaching centres.
It comes following complaints received by the government about rising cases of student suicides, fire incidents, lack of facilities in coaching incidents as well as methodologies of teaching adopted by them.
"No coaching centre shall engage tutors having qualifications less than graduation. The institutions cannot make misleading promises or guarantee rank or good marks to parents for enrolling students in the coaching centres.