Supplementing the school study
There was a time when people used to believe that only ‘the not-so bright’ students took private tuitions. Not any more, as private tuitions are now a norm rather than an exception.
These days they are an extension of school study.
The fee is charged depending on the syllabus - state, ICSE and CBSE.
Many parents who send their children to private tuitions have one common reason - the syllabus. ICSE and CBSE are especially difficult.
The standard is high compared to the syllabus of the parents’ generation, making tuitions almost inevitable.
Burning a hole in parents’ pockets
Savitha Raman, a housewife in Hanumanthanagar, sends her son who is studying in the sixth standard, to a private tutorial in the same locality.
They charge Rs 800 a month for five days a week. According to her, the tutor is a teacher and knows to teach better than her.
But for some others, tuitions are a means to take competition head-on.
“In today’s generation, children are bright and smarter than us. Additional tuition will help them score more marks and give them an edge in the present competitive world,” says Sriram Kulkarni, who sends his daughter to a private tuition. He pays Rs 650 for six days a week, only for science and mathematics.
Another reason why Sriram believes children must go for tuitions is that they are too mischievous for parents to handle. “They will not listen to us and it’s better to engage them during evening hours.”
Be the early bird
If you thought you have to reserve only school seats, you are mistaken.
The trend now is to reserve seats at private tutorials too, especially for tenth standard. Many of these tutorials take a student in only if he or she has obtained 90 plus percentage in the previous academic year. “My son could not get a seat in a tutorial when we approached them in March.