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Coaching Report Card

An evidence-only rating of India's coaching sector

They grade students every single year. Someone should grade them.

India's coaching industry runs on one number: how many of its students got selected. Regulators keep finding that number is not what it appears to be. This site grades institutes on documents — regulatory orders, their own published policies, court and police filings — and shows you every point deducted and why.

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The report cards

6 institutes graded. 2 are failing.

Ordered worst first. Every institute here has at least one documented regulatory order against it, totalling ₹51 lakh in penalties.

UPSC Civil Services

Vision IAS

New Delhi

F
28/1006 of 6 criteria

Regulatory Standing: 30 of 100. Advertising Integrity: 35 of 100. Disclosure: 40 of 100. Refund Policy: 10 of 100. Service Delivery: 25 of 100. Grievance Redressal: 30 of 100.

The only institute on this site with an adverse record across all six criteria. A ₹11 lakh regulatory penalty for misleading advertising — the first penalty ever issued for a second offence in this sector — sits alongside a centre that shut mid-course without notice and a published policy stating fees are simply not refundable.

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UPSC Civil Services

Drishti IAS

New Delhi

F
38/1003 of 6 criteria

Regulatory Standing: 40 of 100. Advertising Integrity: 35 of 100. Disclosure: 40 of 100.

Penalised ₹5 lakh over advertisements claiming 216-plus selections in UPSC CSE 2022. The regulator found that 162 of those candidates — three in four — had cleared Prelims and Mains without the institute's paid help and had taken only its free Interview Guidance Programme. An earlier ₹3 lakh penalty was imposed in 2024.

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UPSC Civil Services

Vajirao & Reddy Institute

New Delhi

D
42/1003 of 6 criteria

Regulatory Standing: 30 of 100. Advertising Integrity: 35 of 100. Disclosure: 60 of 100.

Penalised ₹15 lakh in February 2026 — the second regulatory penalty against the institute in two years — over advertisements claiming 645 selections out of 1,016 UPSC vacancies. The regulator found the institute concealed that many of the candidates it advertised had enrolled only for mock interview sessions.

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UPSC Civil Services

Khan Study Group

New Delhi

D
47/1003 of 6 criteria

Regulatory Standing: 65 of 100. Advertising Integrity: 35 of 100. Disclosure: 40 of 100.

Penalised ₹5 lakh for concealing what its advertised successful candidates had actually bought. Of 682 candidates showcased, 674 had taken only a free mock interview programme — just 8 had paid for additional courses.

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JEE

Motion Education

Kota, Rajasthan

D
50/1003 of 6 criteria

Regulatory Standing: 55 of 100. Advertising Integrity: 35 of 100. Disclosure: 60 of 100.

Penalised ₹10 lakh in May 2026. The regulator found its success advertising did not disclose that many featured students belonged to free online batches, and that some had reportedly joined only after the examinations had already taken place.

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JEE

Career Line Coaching

Sikar, Rajasthan

D
53/1003 of 6 criteria

Regulatory Standing: 65 of 100. Advertising Integrity: 35 of 100. Disclosure: 60 of 100.

Penalised ₹5 lakh in May 2026 for claiming large success numbers without consistent supporting records, and for counting students enrolled only in test series within its broader success advertising.

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Grade keyA85100Clean recordB7084Minor concernsC5569Concerns on recordD4054Serious concernsF039Failing
01

The rule almost nobody enforces

You are owed a pro-rata refund within 10 days.

Ministry of Education, Government of India issued the Guidelines for Regulation of Coaching Centres, 2024 in January 2024. On refunds it is unambiguous:

If a student has paid the full fee and leaves the course mid-way, the fee for the remaining period must be refunded on a pro-rata basis within 10 days. Hostel and mess fees, where paid, must also be refunded.

Guidelines for Regulation of Coaching Centres, 2024, Ministry of Education, Government of India

Read this before you rely on it

These are national guidelines that states are asked to adopt; they are not by themselves a penal statute. The enforceable route for an individual student is the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — deficiency in service and unfair trade practice — through the National Consumer Helpline and the Consumer Commissions.

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02

Reported, not graded

Other institutes reported penalised by CCPA

These penalties have been reported in the press as part of CCPA's action against misleading advertising in the coaching sector. We have not independently obtained each order, so these institutes are listed but not graded. If you have a copy of any of these orders, or you are one of these institutes and wish to respond, write to us.

  • BYJU'S IAS₹10 lakh
  • Sriram's IAS₹3 lakh
  • Plutus IAS₹3 lakh
  • Yojana IAS₹3 lakh
  • Maluka IAS₹3 lakh
  • EduTap Learning Solutions₹3 lakh
  • Rau's IAS Study Circle₹1 lakh
  • Unacademy₹1 lakh
  • Chahal Academy₹1 lakh
  • IQRA IAS₹1 lakh
  • Analog IAS₹1 lakh
  • APTI PLUS Academy₹1 lakh

Reported by Careers360 / Newslaundry reporting on CCPA action. Not graded — see the note above.