Tuition classes are as much a fad as necessity in today's world. Students flock to reputed coaching classes to get what they consider the 'extra edge' over peers. Legally no school can stop this trend, no matter how much they despise it. Hence one Nagpur school decided-if you can't beat them, join them!
Seventh-Day Adventist Higher Secondary School (SDA) in Sadar has started tuition classes for its students. School students enrol for the classes which are held for an hour after school and are taught by the school teachers only.
S A Khandagle, principal, SDA says, "Some students learn fast while some require more time. Parents enrol their wards in various tuition classes to help them learn better. But most of these classes have 50-70 students where the teacher gives no personal attention. They are commercial ventures that are interested in raking in money with no care for students".
In SDA parents of students who lag in studies are contacted by the respective teachers advising them to enrol their child for tuitions. The school charges a fee of Rs. 250 per month for all the subjects. "The teachers are paid 90 % of the fees, while the school keeps 10 % for the infrastructure that is being used" said Khandagle. About 400 students of the total 1700 have currently enrolled in the classes.
Parents to whom TOI spoke to denied that there was any pressure from the school to enrol their children for the classes. SDA management too maintained that tuition was optional and no pressure is put on parents. Samuel Jadhav headmaster and second-in-command of the school told TOI, "In fact we don't even have a single student from class tenth. Had it been mandatory quite a few would have enrolled, isn't it?"
For most parents, safety and security was another plus point. Manasi Thakre whose daughter studies in the school said, "My child never has to leave the school. Outside she would have to go from one place to the other for tuitions which is dangerous considering the traffic". Just two months ago a student of Bishop Cotton School in Sadar had hit a man while he was on his way to tuition classes on his bike. The man later died due to injuries and the depressed student attempted suicide.
SDA however provides special bus service to all students who stay back for the classes at no extra cost. "The management's aim is not to make money, as you can assume from the low fees that we charge, but to help students and prepare them for the life ahead" said Khandagle. From next academic session, Khandagle plans to start English speaking classes for parents which will help them with their children's studies as well.
Seventh-Day Adventist Higher Secondary School (SDA) in Sadar has started tuition classes for its students. School students enrol for the classes which are held for an hour after school and are taught by the school teachers only.
S A Khandagle, principal, SDA says, "Some students learn fast while some require more time. Parents enrol their wards in various tuition classes to help them learn better. But most of these classes have 50-70 students where the teacher gives no personal attention. They are commercial ventures that are interested in raking in money with no care for students".
In SDA parents of students who lag in studies are contacted by the respective teachers advising them to enrol their child for tuitions. The school charges a fee of Rs. 250 per month for all the subjects. "The teachers are paid 90 % of the fees, while the school keeps 10 % for the infrastructure that is being used" said Khandagle. About 400 students of the total 1700 have currently enrolled in the classes.
Parents to whom TOI spoke to denied that there was any pressure from the school to enrol their children for the classes. SDA management too maintained that tuition was optional and no pressure is put on parents. Samuel Jadhav headmaster and second-in-command of the school told TOI, "In fact we don't even have a single student from class tenth. Had it been mandatory quite a few would have enrolled, isn't it?"
For most parents, safety and security was another plus point. Manasi Thakre whose daughter studies in the school said, "My child never has to leave the school. Outside she would have to go from one place to the other for tuitions which is dangerous considering the traffic". Just two months ago a student of Bishop Cotton School in Sadar had hit a man while he was on his way to tuition classes on his bike. The man later died due to injuries and the depressed student attempted suicide.
SDA however provides special bus service to all students who stay back for the classes at no extra cost. "The management's aim is not to make money, as you can assume from the low fees that we charge, but to help students and prepare them for the life ahead" said Khandagle. From next academic session, Khandagle plans to start English speaking classes for parents which will help them with their children's studies as well.
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