Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Thursday upheld the government policy of declaring coaching business illegal at all the government and the private academic institutions.
The verdict means that the teachers of the government and the private schools and colleges cannot run coaching classes, said Deputy Attorney General Mokhlesur Rahman after the verdict.
The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil delivered the verdict after hearing five separate writ petitions including three pleas challenging the government “Policy-2012 to stop teachers from doing coaching business in educational institutions”.
Deputy Attorney Genral Mokhlesur Rahman appeared in the court on behalf of the State, Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan stood for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Barrister Tania Amir and Advocate Md Nasir Uddin stood for the petitioners.
The government announced a policy titled ‘Policy-2012 to stop teachers from doing coaching business in educational institutions’ on June 20, 2012.
According to the Policy-2012, the governing body of educational institutions can take action against any teacher for running coaching classes without its permission.
As per the policy, a teacher can give lessons to maximum 10 students of other institutions per day with prior permission from the head of their institutions.
The policy also prevented teachers from doing private tuition during school hours.
Earlier on January 27, the court fixed February 7 for passing its judgment after concluding the hearing on the writ petitions and rule issued earlier in this regard.
