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The Rajasthan<\/a> government has presented a revised bill on coaching institute regulations in the assembly, easing several provisions from the Centre’s guidelines.<\/p>\n

In a major relief for the state’s Rs 7,000 crore coaching industry, the Rajasthan Coaching Centres<\/a> (Control and Regulation) Bill, 2025 has diluted several provisions of the Centre’s guidelines. The revised bill comes amid rising suicides among coaching center students in the state. As per reports, seven students have died by suicide this year alone. In 2024, 17 students died by suicide, compared to 23 the previous year.<\/p>\n

Coaching establishments offering intensive exam preparation for IIT-JEE and NEET had opposed the Union government\u2019s January 2024 guidelines, particularly the age limit, which they claimed caused a 30-40% decline in student registrations and significant financial losses last year.<\/p>\n

“Last year, Kota alone saw a decline of nearly 40,000 students, leading to revenue losses running into hundreds of crores,” said an industry insider. “This impacted coaching centres, hostels, transport services, lifestyle businesses, and real estate.” Both the Centre\u2019s guidelines and the 2024 Rajasthan Coaching Institutes Bill had included an age limit of 16.<\/p>\n

State Higher Education Minister Prem Chand Bairwa acknowledged the changes from the 2024 draft, citing \u201cchanging realities.\u201d The bill awaits discussion and approval in the assembly on Friday. Coaching centres in Jaipur and Sikar have welcomed the modifications, seeing them as crucial for the sector\u2019s survival.<\/p>\n

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STATE BILL vs UNION GOVT\u2019S 2024 GUIDELINES
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Key Differences:
<\/strong>Age restriction: Rajasthan removes 16+ minimum enrolment age.
Aptitude test: Centre wanted it mandatory, Rajasthan makes it optional.
Batch segregation rule: Unlike the Centre, Rajasthan bill is silent on it.
Holidays: No mandate on local\/state\/national holidays.
Biometric attendance: Centre recommended it, but Rajasthan omits it.
Disabled-friendly measures: Missing from Rajasthan bill despite central push.<\/p>\n

HIGHLIGHTS:
<\/strong>Regulatory authority: 12-member body with civil court-like powers.
No misleading ads: Institutes can\u2019t fake toppers or inflate success rates.
Public transparency: Mandatory disclosure of faculty, infrastructure, ownership.
Mandatory fee refunds: Students leaving mid-term get refunds in 10 days.
Mental health focus: Centres must hire psychologists, counsellors, advisors.
Teacher training: Resilience training for handling student stress.
Strict penalties: ?2 lakh fine for first violations, ?5 lakh for repeat offences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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The Rajasthan government has presented a revised bill on coaching institute regulations in the assembly, easing several provisions from the Centre’s guidelines. In a major relief for the state’s Rs 7,000 crore coaching industry, the Rajasthan Coaching Centres (Control and Regulation) Bill, 2025 has diluted several provisions of the Centre’s guidelines. The revised bill comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/118783427.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[229,29562,265,202840,202839,1955,202842,617,175982,13128,5850,202841,988,2069,99877,39056],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263399,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263397\/revisions\/263399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}