The Supreme Court today(August 7) dismissed a writ petition seeking directions to remove "unregulated, fee-driven private coaching" systems.
A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe dismissed the writ petition filed by Advocate Narendra Kumar Goswani as petitioner-in-person. The petitioner urged that the notice may be issued to the Central Board of Secondary Education. However, the Court refused and stated that these matters are not where Article 32 should be invoked.
As per his writ petition, it has been stated that the fundamental rights of students have been violated across the nation because of such a private coaching ecosystem. The petitioner has relied upon the Central Consumer Protection Authority's 'Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisement in Coaching Sector, 2024' and the reports from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights about the proliferation of "dummy schools" and alarming spike in student suicides, particularly in coaching hubs like Kota, Rajasthan, linked directly to coaching pressure.
He has also raised the issue regarding the need to align the curriculum and testing patterns of national entrance examinations such as JEE, NEET, CLAT, CUET, etc with the State-prescribed school syllabus.
Petitioner prayed for a uniform national statutory framework for the regulation of private coaching centres, which should include a cap on daily coaching hours for school-going children and appointment of trained mental health professionals and child counsellors in every coaching centres, and a ban on the use of public humiliation as a pedagogical tool.
Case Details: NARENDRA KUMAR GOSWAMI v UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.|W.P.(C) No. 808/2026