New Delhi5 days ago
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Coaching centers will no longer be able to claim 100% selection and 100% job placement. The central government on Wednesday released new guidelines for coaching centres. This has been done to stop misleading advertisements.
According to the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), coaching centers can no longer make false claims that may mislead consumers. The government has taken this decision after many complaints. So far 54 notices have been issued to coaching institutes. Apart from this, a fine of about Rs 54.60 lakh has been imposed on 18 coaching institutes and they have also been ordered to withdraw the misleading advertisements.
These guidelines will be valid for all institutions, coaching centers and organizations related to academic support, education, guidance and tuition services. If the coaching centers do not follow this then action will be taken against them under the Consumer Protection Act.
Officer said- Government is not against coaching centers Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said, ‘We have seen coaching centers deliberately hiding the truth to lure students. This is the reason why we had to bring these guidelines for the coaching industry. The government is not against coaching centres, but the quality of any advertisement cannot be against consumer rights.
NCH refunded fees of Rs 1.15 crore to students National Consumer Helpline i.e. NCH had received many complaints from students and parents. Most of these complaints were about non-refund of enrollment fees. After this, NCH started the initiative to refund about Rs 1.15 crore to the affected students and even before the litigation, these students had got their refund.
The Union Education Ministry had also issued guidelines in January. In January this year, after increasing cases of student suicide, incidents of fire in classes and lack of facilities in coaching centres, the Union Education Ministry had also issued guidelines. Under this, coaching institutes will not be able to give admission to children below 16 years of age. Apart from this, making misleading promises and guaranteeing good marks was also banned.
