The government said that nine IAS coaching institutes had claimed selection of 2,689 cumulative selections in the 2023 Civil Services Examination, however, only 1,016 candidates were selected in that year. Coaching institutes were found using photographs of the same successful candidate in their advertisements.
“In UPSC Civil Services Exam 2023, UPSC recommended a total of 1016 candidates for various posts including IAS, IPS, IRS, etc., however, if we connect with various coaching institutes, then it is from the actual number of candidates recommended by UPSC Is more. Adequate margin, “Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) analysis said.
Vajiro and Reddy Institute, Shubrana Ranjan Ias, Study IQ, Vajiram and Ravi, Vision IAS, Dristi IAS, Next IAS, Shankar IAS and Chahal Academy were nine institutions, who reported the selection of candidates for their institutions.
Therefore, the Department of Consumer Affairs has issued guidelines for curbing misleading advertisements by coaching institutes. To prevent misleading advertisements in the coaching sector, guidelines are to ban the use of photographs of successful candidates in the IAS exam in lieu of monetary benefits.
Look at the CCPA guidelines for coaching institutes here
The threshold has been set to provide coaching to more than 50 students to define the coaching center.
The use of his photo and admirer of the selected minor candidate will be needed after his selection
-Repeated violations can cause more than ₹ 50 lakh punishment, even suspension of the operation of wrong coaching institutes can be suspended.
The coaching institute needs to be careful not to violate the service rules to give consent to use its photo/admirer in lieu of a monetary benefit to join government service.
Meanwhile, the Department of Consumer Affairs has already written Dopt on this aspect. Guidelines come after action against coaching institutes in the previous year by CCPA on fake and misleading claims.
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