News: Recently, the Rajasthan Assembly has passed a new Bill to regulate the coaching centre industry in the state to create a healthier and more supportive environment for students.
About Rajasthan’s Coaching Centre Bill, 2025
- It was passed by the Rajasthan Assembly on September 3, 2025.
- It aims to protect students’ interests, provide career guidance, ensure psychological counselling, and promote holistic development while preparing for competitive exams.
Provisions of the Bill
- The law will apply only to coaching centres with more than 100 students.
- Establishment of Regulatory Authority: The proposed law will be implemented by the Rajasthan Coaching Centres (Control and Regulation) Authority, which will include senior education officials, police representatives, a psychiatrist, and members representing coaching centres and parents.
- At the district level, committees will be formed with the district magistrate, superintendent of police, and chief medical and health officer as members. These committees will be responsible for registering coaching centres, ensuring their compliance with the law, and establishing grievance redressal cells.
- Fee control: They will also monitor various aspects of coaching centres, such as fee structures, handling of complaints, and the conduct of teaching.
- Compulsory registration: All coaching centres will be required to apply for registration within three months of the Act coming into effect
- A centre must provide at least one sq. m of space per student and appoint tutors with a minimum of a graduate degree
- Prohibition on misleading advertisements: Coaching must refrain from making misleading promises or guarantees about ranks or marks.
- Counselling System: Coaching centres must have a counselling system in place and maintain a website with updated information about tutors’ qualifications, hostel facilities, fee policies, and success rates.
- Maximum class time limit: Both students and teachers must be given weekly days off, and classes cannot exceed five hours a day.
- Penalty: Any violation of these provisions will invite a fine of ₹50,000 for the first offence and ₹2 lakh for the second. Repeated violations could lead to the cancellation of registration.
- In comparison, an earlier draft of the Bill had prescribed higher penalties of ₹2 lakh and ₹5 lakh for the first and second offences.
