Coaching classes: Too big a trade to be left unregulated
8 months ago

Coaching classes: Too big a trade to be left unregulated

New Indian Express  

The mushrooming of coaching centres needs to be reined in. While the burgeoning coaching industry offers employment to lakhs of people, its unchecked growth has led to many mishaps that the education system can ill afford. The latest incident in Delhi, where three students died due to flooding of a ‘study circle’ located in a building’s basement is only the tip of the iceberg. Coaching centres have also been at the centre of several question paper leaks as well as other irregularities in exams as consequential as the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test. The coaching industry in India is estimated to be a Rs 50,000-60,000-crore business and is expected to touch the Rs 1.5 lakh crore mark in the next five years.

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Ground Report: Kota's coaching economy reeling, stakeholders hope for early revival
1 week, 4 days ago

Ground Report: Kota's coaching economy reeling, stakeholders hope for early revival

India Today  

Once called the coaching hub of the country, Kota's coaching economy is under immense pressure. THE NUMBERS SPEAK In the financial year 2023–24, 1,75,351 students were preparing for NEET and JEE via various coaching institutes in Kota. We have undertaken various initiatives such as Reso Care," said Kitri Singh Songkara, Vice President, Resonance Coaching Institute, Kota. For long, Kota's coaching …

India’s coaching industry: Growth, challenges, and the need for regulation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India’s coaching industry: Growth, challenges, and the need for regulation

The Hindu  

The Chairman of Veranda Learning, Suresh Kalpathi, is a man of few words, despite a vast vocabulary arising from the best of schooling, graduation from IIT-Madras and Masters from a U.S. university. Look beyond Veranda Learning, and you are looking at an ecosystem unique to India, in the form of coaching, training and upskilling outside the familiar environs of school …

FIITJEE closure: need for coaching regulation in India’s ₹58,000 crore industry
2 months ago

FIITJEE closure: need for coaching regulation in India’s ₹58,000 crore industry

The Hindu  

Last week, the streets of Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, and Bhopal were home to an unusual type of protest. The preamble to the Ministry’s guidelines reads: “The issues related to the private coaching centers more so in the context of rising student suicides cases, fire incidents, lack of facilities as well as methodologies of teaching have been engaging the attention of …

No thanks, sarkar
4 months, 2 weeks ago

No thanks, sarkar

Times of India  

Students need saving from the coaching industry. A govt version isn’t the innovation India needs Coaching classes are such a large part of Indian culture that it’s hard to believe lots of countries get on perfectly well without them. Second, govt-aided coaching won’t at all level the education playing field. NSS data indicates that urban households on average spend about …

Delhi coaching centre flooding: Centre blames Delhi government for students’ drowning in coaching centre library; Opposition MPs demand action against culprits
8 months ago

Delhi coaching centre flooding: Centre blames Delhi government for students’ drowning in coaching centre library; Opposition MPs demand action against culprits

The Hindu  

The death of three civil services aspirants at the flooded basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle in the national capital came up in both the Houses of Parliament on July 29 with Union Urban Development and Housing Minister M.L. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who intervened in the debate, countered the Opposition’s allegations that the Centre promotes the “coaching centre …

Should coaching be restricted to those above 16 years?
1 year, 1 month ago

Should coaching be restricted to those above 16 years?

The Hindu  

India’s growing private coaching industry has long been plagued by student suicides, fire incidents, complaints of poor infrastructure and teaching, exorbitant fees, and false promises. The spate of student suicides in Kota, Rajasthan, has spurred the Ministry of Education to issue new guidelines, which state that coaching centres cannot enrol students below 16 years of age, make misleading promises, and …

Who goes to Kota’s coaching classes and why | Data
1 year, 4 months ago

Who goes to Kota’s coaching classes and why | Data

The Hindu  

It is a sad comment on India’s education system and its employment scene that there are more and more coaching centres than colleges and universities nowadays. Some cities, such as Kota in Rajasthan, are in fact synonymous with their coaching centres, which are known to ensure that their students perform well in the various entrance examinations for professional courses. A …

A dire Kota scenario calls for out-of-the-box solutions
1 year, 6 months ago

A dire Kota scenario calls for out-of-the-box solutions

Live Mint  

The news from Kota is grim. This is the coaching capital of India for students seeking admission to engineering and medical schools such as the Indian Institutes of Technology and All India Institutes of Medical Sciences. But these days, the coaching industry is more focused on preventing suicide than instilling advanced calculus or Newtonian mechanics. There are hundreds of coaching …

Robust mechanism in coaching pathway is the need of the hour
1 year, 8 months ago

Robust mechanism in coaching pathway is the need of the hour

The Hindu  

It’s closing in on that time in the quadrennial cycle when most sports administrators are bombarded with the eternal question, “How many medals do we expect?“ While not many will have the answer, it is quite apparent that for us to be perennially in the middle rung of the medal tally of any Games, the key lies in the hands …

Rise in NEET Coaching Centres in TN, 95% State Board Students Can't Afford Due to High Fees
3 years, 6 months ago

Rise in NEET Coaching Centres in TN, 95% State Board Students Can't Afford Due to High Fees

News 18  

Tamil Nadu saw a spurt in coaching centers to prepare for NEET, as any competitive exam would encourage the coaching culture and commercialization of professional ability. However, the high fee structure of these coaching centres benefits only the rich and urban aspirants, while 95% of the Tamil Nadu State Board of Secondary Education students cannot afford it. When NEET implementation …

Sports Ministry to remove salary cap for Indian coaches
4 years, 8 months ago

Sports Ministry to remove salary cap for Indian coaches

The Hindu  

The Sports Ministry is set to remove the Rs. 2 lakh per month cap for Indian coaches, fulfilling a long-standing demand in an attempt to bring parity and encourage more Indians to turn to professional coaching. The government is also keen to attract the best coaching talent from across the country to train our elite athletes and we do not …

IITs to release 50 years’ solved JEE question papers to combat Kota coaching
8 years, 10 months ago

IITs to release 50 years’ solved JEE question papers to combat Kota coaching

Live Mint  

The central government and the Indian Institutes of Technology have jointly decided to release solved question papers of all joint entrance examinations held in the last 50 years, Union human resources development minister Smriti Irani said. The IITs and the HRD ministry have also decided to prepare questions for JEE exams keeping in mind the Class XII syllabus to reduce …

Why more and more students in India are opting for private tuitions
8 years, 11 months ago

Why more and more students in India are opting for private tuitions

Hindustan Times  

India’s education system --- especially the primary and secondary levels --- is in a comatose state. A recent National Sample Survey Organisation report shows that thanks to the low quality of education, more and more students are relying on expensive private coaching and tuition. Read: ASER’S 2014 REPORT A recent National Sample Survey Organisation report shows that thanks to the …

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