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Education Ministry Establishes Panel to Tackle Coaching Dependency and Dummy Schools

Following complaints about conditions at coaching institutes the committee will assess schooling gaps alongside exam fairness before reporting monthly to the education minister.

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Centre forms panel to probe coaching reliance and entrance exam issues
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Overview

  • The nine-member committee is chaired by Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi and includes officials from CBSE, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, NIT Trichy, NCERT and school principals.
  • Its mandate covers identifying school education shortcomings such as rote learning dominance and limited focus on critical thinking and analytical skills.
  • The panel will investigate the rise of dummy schools that allow full-time exam preparation while securing state-specific admission quotas.
  • It will review the structure and fairness of national entrance exams and scrutinise coaching centre advertising for misleading claims and selective success stories.
  • The committee will submit monthly progress reports to Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan following recent CBSE action against over 300 dummy schools.