Today’s education system has created a big rift between the rich and poor. Tuitions have today taken over the education system leaving the poor high and dry since the exorbitant fees charged are not affordable to them, opined one former teacher.
What a student learns in the school is not enough, say some parents and tuitions have become a norm in education at present. Poor parents cannot afford the fees charged by the private tutors, said another parent.
Some, a source said, call it coaching classes instead of tuitions to camouflage the high fees charged by tutors.
Some of these classes start much before the schools re-start in June. Tutors teaching subjects like Maths, English, Science, Chemistry and Biology are in demand since these subjects are considered to be hard to study, said another former teacher.
Some students say that some tutors, who are also teachers in school, explain the subject better during the tuitions than in the school, indirectly hinting that they should undertake these private ‘coaching classes’.
The students are charged hefty fees which often go up to few lakhs of rupees which reportedly only the rich and well-to-do can afford.
In many schools, a parent disclosed, that teachers are unable to complete the syllabus forcing the students take up private classes. Whose fault is it, another parent questioned. Is it not the duty of the teacher to complete the syllabus in the required time, he wondered.
Many schools boast of 100 per cent results, giving credit to coaching classes. Secondly these schools’ obsession for 100 per cent results often sacrifices the future of economically backward and below average students and who can’t afford tuition classes. These students are deliberately failed in Std IX filtering them so that these schools earn repute of 100 per cent results.
Further the poor parents to earn their livelihood remains so busy that they can’t provide attention to their children whether they are studying at home or not. Further the ‘No detention Policy’ till Std VIII affects the future prospect of poor students with their parents not paying attention if their children are studying or not. Often these students find it very difficult to cope up with their studies in Std IX and some of them are forced to drop out of school after repeated failures.
Viraj Sapre said, “No-detention Policy over the past years ruined future of thousands of poor students. I will only say Government should either suspend this policy immediately or compensate the poor students or should bear the heavy tuition class fees of these poor students.”
