Assam Cabinet Approves Rules Regulating Private Coaching Institutes
The measures aim to reduce student suicides through mandatory registration of large centres, required access to mental-health professionals, prescribed classroom safety standards, prescribed classroom safety standards
Overview
- The Assam Cabinet approved the Assam Private Coaching Institutes (Control and Student Mental Health Safeguard) Rules, 2026 to place coaching centres under a formal regulatory framework.
- Centres that enroll more than 50 students must register with district authorities and are expected to renew registration annually while providing infrastructure safety certification.
- The rules require institutes to recruit or provide access to clinical psychologists and counsellors with a particular emphasis on offering support around exam result days when student anxiety spikes.
- New safety prescriptions cover physical measures such as grill rods on windows and controls on ceiling-fan height to reduce opportunities for self-harm and make classrooms harder to use for suicide attempts.
- Institutes must create non-discriminatory, trauma-sensitive environments for SC, ST, OBC, EWS students, students with disabilities, LGBTQ+ students and those with past trauma or suicide attempts while district officials move to set enforcement details.