An education reforms bill to ban unfair practices in institutions of technical and medical education is expected to come up before the Union cabinet.

An education reforms bill to ban unfair practices in institutions of technical and medical education is expected to come up before the Union cabinet. Will such a law help to curb malpractices in educational institutions?


As per the Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical, Medical Educational Institutions and Universities Bill, charging of capitation fee or failure to keep promises of quality education could attract imprisonment of up to three years for administrators and a fine of up to Rs50 lakh for the institute.

The bill will treat such malpractices as criminal or civil offences depending on the nature of the crime. For instance, making promises in the prospectus and not delivering on them, or charging capitation fees from students, would be treated as criminal offences and prosecuted in a court of law. The civil offences will be tried in educational tribunals, which will be set up once the bill becomes law.

The bill is expected to come up before the Union cabinet soon. Will the introduction of such a law help to curtail malpractices in educational institutions?

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