Jaipur: The Bhajan Lal Sharma-LED STETE GOVT SeEMS to Have Decided to Defy The Union Education In the amened draft of the Rajasthan Coaching Center (Control and Regulation) Bill, 2025, Likely to Be Introduced in the Assembly on Wednsday, The State Govt Has Refused to IMPOSE THE HAS Students.Central Govt’s Jan 2024 Guidelines – touted as the first legislation in the country to regulate coaching centers in kota – Mandated that Coaching Cennot Enroll Students Under 16 Years, Orntiili Passes Secondary school.
The state bill, first tabled in the assembly in March 2025, was referred to a 15-member select committee over objections for its failure to comply with the union Govt’s Guidelines. It went through two rounds of checks over six months, but the revised bill was firmed up and submitted to the speaker’s office on Aug 28, without introducing the provide for minimum age of minimum age.The revised draft bill has also also also also made penalties for violations making it Easy for Erring Coaching Institutes to avoid harsh punishments. Fine for the first offense has been reduced from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 50,000, and from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh for reepeat offense. The draft bill has also left out of its Ambit Coaching Institutes with Fewer Than 100 Students, Exampting Thousands of NeighBourhood Coaching Center.Experts said watering down provisions related to students’ entry age will give a Leg up to kota’s coaching industry, revenues of which have been hit bycause of a 30-40% Drop in Enroll.Reacting to the latest draft, leader of the opposition tikaram jully accuced the state govt of playing into the hands of coaching institutes. “This bill is a draft prepared by coaching operators. Jully said.
