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Chandigarh, June 19Authorities in Chandigarh on Tuesday announced a ban on private coaching classes during school hours. “It has come to the notice...that most of the private coaching centres in the city of Chandigarh remain open from 8 am to 3 pm. “It has also come to the notice that the teachers of several government and private schools are hand-in-glove with them,” Joshi pointed out. The UT Cadre Education Employees Union had also pointed out that the private coaching classes were spoiling the future of the children and even prevent the children from going to schools. Students from Chandigarh and the adjoining towns of Panchkula and Mohali have been securing top ranks in the entrance examinations for various medical colleges and engineering institutes..