All coaching centres to be shut down: Education Minister

All coaching centres across the country will be shut down, Education Minister Ehsanul Haque Milon has said. "One hundred per cent of coaching centres in the country will be closed. Coaching centres and kindergartens that have mushroomed like wild mushrooms will be brought under registration. Coaching centres will no longer be allowed to operate in this country."

The minister made the remarks during a views-exchange meeting with journalists at the Cumilla Circuit House on Saturday afternoon, April 4.

Earlier, he attended as chief guest a views-exchange meeting with centre secretaries of the Cumilla Education Board, Madrasa and Technical Education Boards for the SSC and equivalent examinations 2026 at the auditorium of the District Shilpakala Academy at 12:30 pm.

Stating that CCTV installation in educational institutions will be made mandatory, the education minister said, "Whether teachers are present in classrooms on time to conduct classes will be recorded on CCTV. If cheating is found at any institution during examinations, the centre secretary of that centre will be brought under the law."

"Even if cheating is found in the institution's bathroom, the head of the institution will have to be held accountable. If anyone from outside the centre assists in cheating, they will also be brought under the law. No one will be allowed to cheat, nor will anyone be allowed to assist in cheating," he added.

Present at the meeting were Cumilla Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Chairman Professor Md Shamsul Islam, Cumilla Education Board Deputy Controller Md Kabir Ahmad, Cumilla City Corporation Administrator Yusuf Molla Tipu, Cumilla District Administrator Md Reza Hasan, and Cumilla Police Superintendent Md Anisuzzaman, among others.