Overview
- The state announced the directives Tuesday, requiring all coaching institutes to provide enrolled-student details to their district administration and to cease classes during official school and college teaching hours.
- The Education Department has been tasked to draft detailed regulations and an implementation plan that district authorities will use to monitor compliance.
- Police have warned they may temporarily seal or shut premises that act as centres of rivalry, the Bihar Fire Service has issued a safety notice to Khan Global Studies, and criminal cases and arrests linked to the Patna dispute remain active.
- The timing ban will not apply to students who have already completed regular school or college education, which the government says preserves coaching access for exam-ready candidates.
- Officials framed the step as a move to protect students and restore order, while experts and coaches say the measures raise practical questions about privacy of student data, district enforcement capacity and how rules will be applied on the ground.