Jalandhar: Coaching centres demand permission to operate with 50% capacity

Jalandhar, January 20

A day after the administration allowed IELTS centres to operate in the city at 50 per cent capacity, the owners of various private coaching centres have demanded to allow offline classes with the same capacity.

Led by prof MP Singh of Chemistry Guru, state vice-president, Coaching Federation of India (CFI), the delegation of various private coaching centres owners, submitted a memorandum to DC Ghanshyam Thori here today, demanding reopening of coaching institutes with 50 per cent strength along with other guidelines.

They said the priority should be given to the vaccination programme of teenagers and those who had received at least the first dose must be allowed to attend the physical classes. “JEE and NEET exams are approaching, it is necessary for student to take physical classes”, they added.

Meanwhile, apart from demanding reopening of institutes, the CFI has listed seven more demands in the memorandum which includes financial assistance of Rs20,000 to teachers until the Covid situation normalises, easy bank loans, reduce GST tax slab and waive off power bills. —