Sarkar, Nivedita and Sharma, Aishwarya

Regulating coaching centres : Reform paradoxes and market conundrum - Economic & Political Weekly - 60(37), Sep 13, 2025: p.21-24

The Guidelines for Regulation of Coaching Center 2024 mark an assertive regulatory intervention into India’s proliferating shadow education sector. While ostensibly aligned with the broad vision of the National Education Policy 2020, a critical reading reveals notable tensions and conceptual disjuncture between the guidelines’ regulatory orientation and the NEP’s transformative aspirations. This article attempts to decode the guidelines by examining their underlying sociopolitical assumptions, mechanisms of implementation, and ramifications for equity, access, and pedagogical transformation.- Reproduced

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