Delhi LG sets up panel to address concerns on coaching centres

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Wednesday formed a committee, chaired by the chief secretary, to formulate guidelines to "comprehensively address all issues related to coaching centres", including regulation to "exorbitant rentals" charged by landlords, besides concerns such as fire clearances and desilting of drains in the vicinity.

The panel has been tasked with looking at all aspects with respect to students enrolled at such coaching centres to create a "conducive educational environment" fulfilling all parameters. It will also consider a gradual shifting out of all coaching centres to a more organised "education hub" in Narela and Rohini, Raj Bhavan officials said.

The panel has been set up in the wake of the Old Rajinder Nagar tragedy in which three civil services aspirants lost their lives in the basement library of a coaching centre which was flooded due to heavy rainfall. The committee will have representatives of coaching institutes, students and officials of the concerned departments on board.


The chief secretary has also been asked to develop a regulatory framework for coaching institutions and tuition classes, in line with the January 2024 guidelines framed by the Union education ministry.