Haryana govt mulls law to regulate private coaching institutes

The Haryana government is set to enact a law to regulate the functioning of private coaching institutes, addressing issues like misleading advertisements and rising stress among students.

The state government had put a draft of the Haryana Coaching Institutes (Control and Regulation) Bill, 2024 in the public domain last month, seeking feedback from stakeholders and the public in this regard.

The Bill is likely to be tabled in the upcoming budget session starting from February 20, sources said.

The Bill provides for the control and regulation of private coaching institutes, registering and regulating them and monitoring the cost of the study material and other charges levied by the coaching institutes.

It also provides for taking care of the interests of students and their guardians, reducing stress among the students enrolled in coaching institutes and better academic support in preparation for various competitive examinations, the draft of Bill read.

According to the draft of the Bill, every coaching institute will have to be registered with the district authority to be set up under the chairmanship of the deputy commissioner.

In order to check exorbitant fees, coaching institutes will have to come out with a prospectus, mentioning about curriculum, number of lectures, tutorials, group discussions etc and fee, as per the draft Bill.