The CCPA issued 20 notices earlier and has been fining the coaching centres for the last 4 years. By November 2024, cumulative fines exceeded Rs 54 lakh on 18 institutes.
The Pratap Nagar Coaching Hub is orderly, clean, spacious, and safe but coaching institutes seem reluctant to leave their cramped, hazardous setups. For students it’s a promised land.
An analysis of NEET 2024 results by IIT Madras showed an upward trend in number of top scorers from the heavily frequented coaching hubs of the country, compared to last year.
For families, many of whom take loans to pay the fees, the Act is a welcome and much-needed move in a sector plagued with malpractice, fly-by-night coaching centres, and rising student suicides.
After getting penalty notices for false advertisements, some coaching institutes have gone to court. The Central Consumer Protection Authority is going to fight them.
From Gujarat to West Bengal and Kerala to Uttar Pradesh, state-run UPSC coaching centres are now part of the Rs 3,000 crore industry in India. But they don’t market themselves overtly.
Plutus IAS, Yojna IAS, TheHinduZone.com, and Kautilya IAS are among the best institutes offering IAS coaching and career guidance through online platforms.
Delhi govt is organising interactions for students with serving officials, while UP has launched a scheme where IAS & IPS officers will coach aspirants.
Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
This is an interesting bit of news: the information about refunds will become clear after the next admission season begins -and the fees deposited by the new incoming students are studied, the financial trends understood and managed. The new students’ fees, the exam/entry fees and other enhanced admission fees will probably be used, and some partial refund announced…given that a new force majeure has commenced in the form of the Iran War…reducing income from fiitjee’s Dubai and middle East centres.
These profitable centres can no longer function properly – it’s not likely they can support themselves.
The economic troubles deepen.
This is an interesting bit of news: the information about refunds will become clear after the next admission season begins -and the fees deposited by the new incoming students are studied, the financial trends understood and managed. The new students’ fees, the exam/entry fees and other enhanced admission fees will probably be used, and some partial refund announced…given that a new force majeure has commenced in the form of the Iran War…reducing income from fiitjee’s Dubai and middle East centres.
These profitable centres can no longer function properly – it’s not likely they can support themselves.
The economic troubles deepen.