TS teachers face tutorial ban Stringent rules for government teachers

The Telangana government is set to ban government teachers, lecturers and professors from taking classes in private coaching centres or tutorials. Those violating the ban may be sacked.

Penal and criminal cases will be filed against managements of coaching centres if they are found to be employing staff from government institutions.

These norms are being devised as part of the TS Tutorial Institutions (Registration and Regulation) Rules, to be promulgated by the Governor.

However, a previous ban on government doctors from private practice or working in private hospitals proved to be a damp squib.

Under the new rules, all coaching centres need to register afresh with the state government giving details of faculty, infrastructure, number of students and fee structure, which will be inspected from time to time.

This follows largescale complaints that coaching centres were fleecing students by collecting hefty fees and not providing minimum facilities or qualified faculty.

Government drawing up rules to ban government teachers from taking classes in private coaching centres or tutorials. Those violating these norms will be liable for dismissal.

Cases will be filed against coaching centres, if they employ staff from government institutions.

All coaching centres must register afresh with the state government with details of faculty, infrastructure, students and fee structure

The first set of rules governing the tutorial sector was contained in the AP Tutorial Institutions (Registration and Regulation) Rules, 1997.

These were promulgated by the Governor through GO No. 200 on August 6, 1997, based on Section 99 of AP Education Act, 1982.

These rules were aimed at registration and regulation of coaching centres, which were hardly implemented in the state. The TS government now wants to revive the rules and incorporate more stringent norms like banning government teachers from taking up coaching classes or tuitions in private institutions and invoking penal and criminal cases against erring managements of coaching institutions.

Deputy CM Kadiam Srihari, who also holds the higher education portfolio, made a statement in the House in the just concluded Budget Session of the Legislative Assembly on the issue.

“It has come to the notice of the government that coaching centres have been mushrooming and collecting hefty fees from students without providing minimum facilities and qualified faculty. The government plans to regulate coaching centres as per the Rules promulgated in 1997. The government will adapt these rules and make necessary changes to meet the present needs,” he said.

The education department already initiated the process of drafting revised rules. The department will open an online platform for coaching centres to register themselves with details on faculty, fees and infrastructure. This will enable the government to identify whether their teachers are working in coaching centres or not.

Teachers are in demand to hold classes in coaching centres for Eamcet, IIT-JEE, AIEEE and for exams like UPSC, TSPSC exams, banking and railway recruitment exams etc.