The Needle's Eye - Need to Focus on Teaching Our Teachers to Revamp Education System

In June, NCTE launched a fram ework plan, dubbed TeachR, setting out these new norms. It said by April 2018 all TEIs would have to be accredited; it also plans a ranking of the top 100 TEIs. This set off a firestorm of protest: as of last week, a total of 238 cases have been filed by TEIs against the NCTE in 13 high courts and the Supreme Court.
Source | Times of India | 27th October 2017

CBEC Guide: All about GST on Education Services

“Education” is not defined in the CGST Act but as per Apex Court decision in “Loka Shikshana Trust v/s CIT”, education is process of training and developing knowledge, skill and character of students by normal schooling.

Taxing the Education Sector has always been a sensitive issue, as education is seen more as a social activity than a business one.
The government has a constitutional obligation to provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child. Thus, to promote education, it would be beneficial if educational services are exempted from tax. However, commercialisation of education is also a reality. The distinction between core and ancillary education is blurring and education is now an organised industry with huge revenues. The GST Act tries to maintain a fine balance where by core educational services provided and received by educational institutions are exempt and other services are sought to be taxed at the standard rate of 18%.

Link | http://www.cbec.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/gst/GST%20on%20Education%20Services_Web.pdf;jsessionid=B42DB4A127323A55FB35E5AE8A316A1E