India, April 24 -- htmumbai@hindustantimes.com

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government is planning a new law to regulate private coaching classes with regard to the educational qualifications of teachers, safety/infrastructure norms and monitoring of misleading advertisements among other things. The school education department is, however, divided on the issue of regulating fees-one section feels that this would be inappropriate, given that the coaching provided is not the fundamental source of education.

The school education department is studying the laws enacted by a few other states including Karnataka, Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It is expected to bring in the bill to regulate coaching classes in the forthcoming monsoon session of...