Coaching factories in Kota badly hit

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Sunday, July 09, 2006
Coaching factories in Kota badly hit
The results of 2006 confirmed the fears of the coaching factories like Bandal Classes in Kota, which thrive primarily on the students who join them after completing class XII.
Just the cahnge in the examination pattern resulted in a huge jump in the number of students who qualified for IITJEE immediately after XII. It increased from about 28% the previous year to about 44%, which is a jump of over 55%.
Next year, this percentage is likely to go above 60% as only students, who have completed XII in that year and the previous year, will be allowed to appear in IITJEE.
This vindicates the earlier point made in the blog that coaching destinations like Kota and particularly Bansal Classes may soon become a historical phenomenon. Kota is woefully inadequate in its school system. The schools have a reputation of not following the CBSE guidelines and making money by collaborating with the coaching setups. This has resulted in a lot of schools losing their CBSE affiliation.
The students who landed up in Kota were drop outs of 1,2 and 3 years who kept slogging for years.
A lot of small institutes have shut shop as they believe that the gold rush of coaching institutes in Kota has got over. The big ones like Bansal etc. have resorted to the money milking technique of giving admissions to as many people as possible, without giving too much importance to merit.
Bansal Classes once stood for good quality students and small batches. The Bansal of 2006 is the exact opposite of the same. It has become a commercial, money making factory where anybody can take admission in the name of IITJEE.
I guess, it is a good thing to do as the owner of Bansal and other coaching institutes in Kota can see that the end is near.

posted by Just do IIT at 9:09 AM