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New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has pulled up several coaching centres for flouting advertising norms and engaging in unfair trade practices, particularly those institutes that help students prepare for joint entrance examination (JEE) for undergraduate engineering programs and national eligibility cum entrance test (NEET) for undergraduate medical courses. Several prominent institutes have been found misusing student success stories after the recent declaration of entrance exam results, making exaggerated or unverifiable claims to attract new enrolments, the Union consumer affairs ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Also Read | IAS coaching centres may be closed for false ... Read more

New advertising guidelines that have laid down strictures against false claims can bring the shutters down on many coaching schools. Coaching centres now can’t just claim to have a hand in the success story of a student—first they must tick boxes. Mint explains.   What do the new guidelines say? The Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisement in Coaching Sector, 2024, released on 13 November, hold coaching centres accountable for false claims about the course duration, number of students, time taken to complete a programme, and advertising a student without prior consent. Coaching institutes will also have to give refunds ... Read more

The wide gap between the number of students registering for competitive exams and the number of undergraduate seats available to them is one of the major factors behind the demand for private coaching

A government diktat barring coaching institutes from signing up students below 16 has ruffled the institutes, which begin training students as young as 10 for engineering and medical entrance examinations. In a meeting on Saturday with more than 200 coaching centres, the Coaching Federation of India (CFI), an industry body with more than 25,000 coaching institutes under its wings, decided to seek legal remedy. “Immediate legal advice sought to explore options and take necessary steps to halt the implementation of proposed guidelines. There was consensus to seek relaxation in regulations regarding coaching for students below 16 years, emphasizing the potential ... Read more

Mohit Bhargava is among those being accused of dhoka, or betrayal. One of Kota’s most coveted physics teachers, Bhargava taught for 14 years at Allen Career Institute, the city’s largest coaching centre —till he decided to quit in June and join Unacademy, the edtech firm which has made a big-splash entry into offline coaching in Kota and is backed by global venture capital firms Sequoia, Tiger Global, Softbank, among others. View Full Image Students attend a session at Allen Career Institute (Photo: Pradeep Gaur) The new Unacademy centre where Bhargava meets us is a spiffy one. The cubicles are brightly ... Read more