They are everywhere. Wherever we turn our gaze we find the coaching centres, some bigshot ones, some trying to find a name and some just trying to make an impact beyond their bonafide muhalla or village. It must be said that coaching centres have played a pivotal role in uplifting the standards of our education but at the same time the entry of corporate giants into education has made quality education inaccessible to the poor children.
These bigshot corporate coaching centres charge a hefty amount from students. This amount is so big that parents are forced to sell their jewellery or take a loan from a financial institution. The countryside parents go a step further and pay for the lodging of their wards in hostels in the top-notch posh areas of the city. This has made education a domain of the rich.
These corporate coaching centres have rented huge buildings in the city and decked up the exterior of these buildings with shiny coloured exterior paints and other adorable. It is a tantalizing prospect. They get teachers from all over the length and breadth of India. Some of these teachers are already famous on social media and when parents hear that a particular teacher is teaching here at this institution sooner a beeline is found at these institutions. Once the batch gets admitted and after a few rounds of inductions this superstar social media hero shuttles to another tier 2 city to get another batch started. This is how corporate coaching culture operates.
The government must seriously regulate the functioning of these corporate coaching institutions as they are anti-poor. As it stands only the elites among us can avail this kind of education. Coaching institutions need to without mistake dedicate a certain quota for poor students who cannot pay the fee.
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