Bhojpur DEO has no information about registered coaching institutes

Kumar Rajiv Nayan

Ara : District Education Officer (DEO), Bhojpur, has no record of the coaching institutions registered so far. The employees of the education department are searching for the record for the last two weeks but still clueless. Bihar Coaching Institute Control and Regulatory Act, 2010, has made it mandatory for coaching institutions to get themselves registered with the education department and no one can either establish or run a coaching institute without registration.

The coaching institutes had to register their institutions with the education department within a month of implementation of Act. They had to deposit registration fees of Rs 5,000. Over 200 coaching centres are running in different parts of Bhojpur district. Besides, a number of coaching institutions are being run in Buxar, Rohtas and Kaimur districts too.

Rajiv Prasad Singh Ranjan, director, secondary education, in a communication to the Bhojpur district administration, has asked it ensure registration of all the coaching institutions.  DM, Bhojpur, has directed the DEO to get all the coaching institutions registered by the end of January 2017.

DEO-in charge, Sultan Ahamad, said that all the coaching institutions have to fulfil the provisions of the Act and action will be taken against the coaching institutions running illegally in the district. He said that FIR will be instituted against the employees concerned if the files are not found within two or three days. He also said action will also be taken against the erring coaching institutes and their owners.