Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 13: Though a total of 140 coaching centres are functioning in Jammu and Srinagar cities yet only two of them are registered with the concerned authorities.
This was disclosed by Minister Incharge School Education Department in the written reply to the question of Mehbooba Mufti in the Legislative Assembly today.
“Sixty coaching centres are functioning in Jammu city and 80 in Srinagar city”, the Minister said, adding “out of 60 coaching centres in Jammu none has been registered and applications received from some of them are under process in the office of Director School Education”.
Similarly, out of 80 coaching centres in Srinagar city only two are registered and applications received from remaining 78 are being examined in the office of Director School Education, the Minister further said.
About the norms fixed for the registration of coaching centres in the State, he said, “no educational agency can establish/run a private tuition centre without the prior permission of the Government or the competent authority”, adding “the permission is granted on the registration/renewal of registration against a fee notified by the Government”.
The Minister further said, “the renewal of registration is granted only on the basis of good performance of a private tuition centre in the preceding year to be certified by the Monitoring Committee”, adding “the permission is restricted for private tuition in two shifts only—one shift half an hour before the working hours of schools and other shift half an hour after the working hours of the schools”.
About the regulation of fee, he said that tuition centres are required to maintain an admission register indicating detailed particulars of the candidates; maintain proper record of tuition fee in proper accounting books; notify and display monthly tuition fee charged from the students subject wise and class-wise 15 days before the start of such tuition/course and reserve free admission up to 10% of the total intake in each class/course for the students who happen to be destitute, orphans or belong to the families living Below Poverty Line.
As per the guidelines, the private tuition centres should be located in a noise free area, provide a minimum covered area of 9 square feet per candidate, keep a separate waiting room, toilet and separate drinking water facilities for female candidates and keep adequate heating or cooling arrangements in every classroom and waiting room according to the weather conditions.
About the teaching staff, the Minister said that every tuition centre is required to have a tutor who shall be graduate or a trained graduate for imparting tuition to primary and upper primary classes, trained graduate for imparting tuition to the secondary classes and post graduate in the relevant subject for imparting tuition to the senior secondary classes.
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