Registration must, false promises barred in draft Bill on coaching centre

BHUBANESWAR: A new Bill drafted by the Odisha government to regulate private coaching centres and hostels in the state proposes mandatory registration certificates for operation of such facilities. It also says the centres cannot make false promise of ranks to the students.

With privately-run coaching centres mushrooming across the state, the Higher Education department has drafted the Odisha Coaching Centres and Private Hostels (Regulation and Control) Bill, 2025 which was released recently.

It mandates that all new and old coaching centres (with or without hostel facilities) have to be registered under the Act and not make any misleading promises, or guarantee ranks or good marks to students for enrolling in them.