Vox Populi: Is there a need for private tuition or not?

In near past, Kashmir hardly new anything called ‘private tuition centers’.  But in a quick succession, the valley has seen a mushrooming of such institutes with one or more located on each street in the city as well as towns and villages. The recent government ban on the private tuition centers saw a mix of reactions from the masses and people began asking questions of all sorts. One among the questions-Is it necessary for the students to attend private classes or not?- is what Kashmir Images reporter, Aaqib Naik, tries to explore as he spoke with several people who gave their insights on whether there is a need of private tuition centers or not.

    Owais Rasheed, Engineering Student

Nowadays, joining private tuition centers has become a trend in Kashmir and those who own these tuition centers exploit students by charging them hefty amount.

Mohammad Arif,  Civil Services Aspirant

Students prefer to join private tuition centers for quality education,  at a time when government schools are unable to ensure quality education and also fail to meet the latest infrastructural demands. Instead of banning tuition centers, government should take steps to ensure quality education in schools.

  Mohammad Iqbal Naik, Govt Employee

There should be complete ban on private tuition centers as teachers tend to be more attentive and focused towards tuition centers only while remaining indifferent towards their duties in their respective schools. If there will be a ban on tuition centers, teachers will show all their concentration in the schools.

 Raqeeb Ahmad Bhat, Student

Tuition centers play a vital role in today’s education system. It is the only place where the syllabus is completed in time and on the other hand schools and colleges are never able to complete the syllabus of students.

 Riyaaz Ahmad, Journalist

Tution centres must continue to provide supplementary education to the students who are weak in some of their subjects. Also, the quality of education is very bad in government run schools as compared to the private tuition centers.

However, the tuition centers should not violate the norms and guidelines laid down by the government.

 Irshad Ahmad, Tour & Travel operator

Today’s world is full of competitions in which everybody wants to top. Tuition centers provide that quality education which helps the students to ensure their place in the competition.

  Khalid Bashir, Teacher

Private tutoring has become a business in Kashmir in which those engaged are earning a lot of money. Tutors teach very well in these institutes, whereas in schools they don’t show the same dedication.

Ashraf Raavi, Writer

Money making motivates the teachers at tuition centers to deliver lectures with full enthusiasm, whereas the same teachers in schools take their responsibility for granted as there is no proper inspection mechanism in schools. Government officials are focusing on the attendance of teachers and staff only but they do not check the lesson plan, syllabus etc.

   Javaid Ahmad Naik, Govt Teacher

There will be no need of Tuition centers if the government provides all facilities in schools. It is mandatory to ensure completion of syllabus within stipulated time period and ensuring accountability of teachers.