Online registration to control coaching centres

Hyderabad: The first set of rules governing the tutorial sector was contained in the AP Tutorial Institutions (Registration and Regulation) Rules, 1997.

These were promulgated by the Governor through GO No. 200 on August 6, 1997, based on Section 99 of AP Education Act, 1982.

These rules were aimed at registration and regulation of coaching centres, which were hardly implemented in the state. The TS government now wants to revive the rules and incorporate more stringent norms like banning government teachers from taking up coaching classes or tuitions in private institutions and invoking penal and criminal cases against erring managements of coaching institutions.

Deputy CM Kadiam Srihari, who also holds the higher education portfolio, made a statement in the House in the just concluded Budget Session of the Legislative Assembly on the issue.

“It has come to the notice of the government that coaching centres have been mushrooming and collecting hefty fees from students without providing minimum facilities and qualified faculty. The government plans to regulate coaching centres as per the Rules promulgated in 1997. The government will adapt these rules and make necessary changes to meet the present needs,” he said.

The education department already initiated the process of drafting revised rules. The department will open an online platform for coaching centres to register themselves with details on faculty, fees and infrastructure. This will enable the government to identify whether their teachers are working in coaching centres or not.

Teachers are in demand to hold classes in coaching centres for Eamcet, IIT-JEE, AIEEE and for exams like UPSC, TSPSC exams, banking and railway recruitment exams etc.