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SFI moves apex court against coaching centres

Last Updated 22 July 2013, 20:42 IST

The Students Federation of India (SFI) on Monday sought direction from the Supreme Court to the Centre and others to regulate the functioning of “unrecognised” private coaching companies running across the country in an “institutionalised” manner in the name of preparing students for admission to IITs and medical colleges.

The CPM’s student wing claimed that these unregulated coaching centres not only caused a financial burden to students and parents but also created psychological problems among them, besides violating CBSE rules and Right to Education (RTE) guidelines.

Advocate Deepak Prakash, representing the petitioner, submitted that unfortunately no effective action could be taken against the Rs 35,000-crore private coaching business in the absence of any law to deal with them or regulate their activities. The business of the coaching industry is expected to grow more than Rs 75,000 crore by 2014-15 as per a Crisil Report.

A bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Pinaki Chandra Ghose fixed the petition for hearing next week.

According to the petitioner, these private coaching companies have ruined the careers of minors and “exploited them by way of illegal demands, giving false and misleading advertisements, using the names and photographs of successful students in their advertisements without their permission. The fees and other charges are so high and arbitrary everywhere that students and guardians have no choice but to bear the financial burden by compromising many things. ”

The petition pointed out that in Kota, which has emerged as the hub of these institutions, some 50 students committed suicide in 2011.

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(Published 22 July 2013, 20:39 IST)

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