JAIPUR: The Bhajan Lal Sharma-led state govt appears to have determined to defy the Union schooling ministry’s tips that bars college students below 16 years of age from enrolling in teaching institutes. Within the amended draft of The Rajasthan Teaching Centre (Management and Regulation) Invoice, 2025, more likely to be launched within the meeting on Wednesday, the state govt has refused to impose the minimal age requirement for college kids.Central govt’s Jan 2024 tips — touted as the primary laws within the nation to manage teaching centres in Kota — mandated that teaching centres can not enroll college students below 16 years, or till they cross secondary college.
The state invoice, first tabled within the meeting in March 2025, was referred to a 15-member choose committee over objections for its failure to adjust to the Union govt’s tips. It went by two rounds of checks over six months, however the revised invoice was firmed up and submitted to the Speaker’s workplace on Aug 28, with out introducing the provisions for minimal age of enrolment.The revised draft invoice has additionally relaxed penalties for violations making it straightforward for erring teaching institutes to keep away from harsh punishments. Nice for the primary offence has been decreased from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 50,000, and from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh for repeat offence. The draft invoice has additionally unnoticed of its ambit teaching institutes with fewer than 100 college students, exempting hundreds of neighbourhood teaching centres.Consultants stated watering down provisions associated to college students’ entry age will give a leg as much as Kota’s teaching trade, revenues of which have been hit due to a 30-40% drop in enrolments.Reacting to the newest draft, Chief of the Opposition Tikaram Jully accused the state govt of enjoying into the arms of teaching institutes. “This invoice is a draft ready by teaching operators. By dropping the age cap, CM Bhajan Lal Sharma appears intent on proving PM Modi improper by not prescribing the age restrict as a substitute of defending college students,” Jully stated.