Has NEP 2020 Changed Coaching Culture in India? A Policy-Through-a-Lens Study

A short student research article (preprint) from Roobaroo AI Camp asking whether India's National Education Policy 2020 has reduced students' reliance on private coaching. Using a policy-through-a-lens method, it compares NEP 2020 and the 2024 Guidelines for Regulation of Coaching Centres with official data from the Comprehensive Modular Survey: Education 2025 (27.0% of school students take private coaching) and published research on shadow education. It argues that policy alone has not changed family behaviour. AI-use note: I used Gemini to find sources and draft; edited and checked by the Roobaroo AI Camp team.