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Supreme Court Rejects Plea For National Coaching Centre Regulation
The Supreme Court on August 7 dismissed a writ petition seeking a uniform legal framework for private coaching centres. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe declined to issue notice…
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court on August 7 dismissed a writ petition seeking a uniform legal framework for private coaching centres. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe declined to issue notice to the Central Board of Secondary Education, saying such matters were not appropriate for invoking Article 32.
Petitioner Narendra Kumar Goswami argued that unregulated coaching violated students’ fundamental rights. He cited the Central Consumer Protection Authority’s 2024 guidelines on misleading coaching advertisements and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights reports on dummy schools and student suicides in coaching hubs such as Kota. His proposals included limits on daily coaching hours, mental health staff, and ending public humiliation in classrooms.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narrative that coaching alone causes student distress is too narrow, just as dismissing the sector as a private choice ignores its pressure on school education. The court’s order does not settle whether coaching centres need stronger rules. The practical test is whether education authorities enforce the 2024 advertising guidelines, publish suicide and grievance data, and bring entrance tests closer to school syllabuses without harming fair competition.
Source: livelaw.in
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