India, May 20 -- More than two decades after the Maharashtra government was directed to introduce legislation to regulate private coaching classes, it is yet to put in place any oversight mechanism for these centres.

The matter has assumed urgency after some coaching centres were implicated in the recent NEET scam, where papers for the undergraduate medical entrance exam were leaked.

In 2000, an NGO led by Bhagwandas Rayani had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court demanding rules for coaching classes in Maharashtra. The court then directed the state to prepare regulations for private coaching institutes.

While the government established a single-member committee to draft rules, these were considered too stringent by many coaching ...