Maharashtra to bring law to regulate private coaching classes

The state education department has prepared a draft of the bill, which will be presented in the state legislature during the winter session later this year

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government will soon introduce a law to regulate private coaching classes in the state, education minister Dada Bhuse announced in the legislative council on Tuesday, amid rising complaints regarding integrated coaching institutes linked to junior colleges and misleading advertisements, among other issues.

The bill will include provisions to regulate the timings of coaching classes and the fee structure, ensure mandatory infrastructure facilities, prevent misleading advertisements, set educational qualifications for teachers in classes, and establish a grievance redressal mechanism for students and parents. (Hindustan Times)

The state education department has prepared a draft of the bill, which will be presented in the state legislature during the winter session later this year, Bhuse said.

The bill will include provisions to regulate the timings of coaching classes and the fee structure, ensure mandatory infrastructure facilities, prevent misleading advertisements, set educational qualifications for teachers in classes, and establish a grievance redressal mechanism for students and parents, he added.

Bhuse was responding to a calling attention motion raised by Shiv Sena MLCs Krupal Tumane and Manisha Kayande, who claimed that private coaching classes were exploiting students and parents, and using misleading advertisements about success stories to lure them.

Other legislators, such as Chitra Wagh and Niranjan Davkhare from the Bharatiya Janata Party, also participated in the discussion. All legislators demanded a stringent law to regulate the private coaching classes.

Bhuse replied that the central government had issued guidelines to regulate private coaching classes in January 2024, adding that some states had already introduced laws to regulate them.

“The [education] department has prepared a draft of the Private Coaching Classes (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2026, to regulate private coaching classes in the state,” he said. While preparing the draft, the department reviewed similar laws enacted by other states, he added.

Under the new law, private coaching classes would not be allowed to operate from schools or colleges, Bhuse said, following several complaints regarding integrated coaching hubs and so-called dummy colleges, where students formally enrol in college but spend most of their time at coaching classes. Critics have argued that this undermines formal education.

Bhuse added that the education department will undertake a drive to check the attendance of Class 11 and 12 students at junior colleges and coaching classes.

During the debate, Kayande also demanded action against a private coaching class that was running an advertising campaign on television, claiming to be “a factory that produces doctors and engineers”. Bhuse assured her that the government will look into the matter and take stringent action under available laws and regulations.