IITJEE 2006 - VMC, Delhi and Bansal, Kota Hit Hard

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Sunday, June 04, 2006
IITJEE 2006 - VMC, Delhi and Bansal, Kota Hit Hard
The results of the IITJEE 2006 reconfirmed the projections made by several people about the impact of the changes on the students of coaching institutes like Vidyamandir Classes, Delhi and Bansal Classes, Kota. Both suffered a substantial drop in the performance.

VMC
In spite of selecting the toppers from North India, Vidyamandir Classes' result dropped from over 67% to 63%. A drop of over 4%. In the first place, 67% was a very bad result considering how they try to pick out only some students from over 12000 who apply for admission.
Whether the institute adds any value or not is suspect. One would be inclined to believe that students of Vidyamandir Classes underperform considering their capabilities.
The 'bhaiyas' at VMC do not need to bother. They pick out the best so that they can claim outstnading percentages in results. This can be gauged from their callous approach in coaching where they spend only one day out of the week in interaction.
Students are not allowed to ask too many questions lest 'bhaiya' should throw them out of the program. The 'bhaiyas' are known to carry the threat of returning the cheque at the slightest provocation from the student.
As a result, students study with a fear that they could get thrown out. If they are not able to understand something or feel pressured in performing, they do not tell 'bhaiya' lest he should throw them out.
This obsessive attachment to results by completely overlooking the student and only focusing on those who are good is a smart way to generate results without much effort. However, numerous students have suffered due to this behavior. We never get to hear from those who did not get thru. Even if you take the opinion of those who got thru, very few hold a high opinion of the 'bhaiyas' in the recent batches.
Maybe, they do not need to worry too much as they have a very big software business in Gurgaon called Nagarro Software.
The brand 'VMC' is taking a very severe beating. This is further dented by the fact that they oopened another batch with a new set of faculty to milk the brand 'VMC'
Everybody knows that VMC means the 3 IITian bothers who used to teach persaonally. Adding new faculty is a sign of decay. a lot of students chose not to take admission as they were offered the new faculty set.
Do not be surprised if the results of 2007 fall below 50%.

Bansal Classes
IITJEE 2006 results of bansal have been more than disappointing. Till now, no oclaim has has come in the newspapers. While a lot of students hav made it but the results are nowhere like last year.
IITJEE 2005 was an exceptional year for Bansal Classes. Driven by the rush of the best Indian students to Bansal Kota and a predicatable paper, 4 out of top 10 ranks of IITians were from Bansal, Kota.
Mr. Bansal is not complaining. After having created a euphoria by selecting 300 students out of 15000 who used to appear for its test till 2004, he has been taking admissions of over 50% students who come to Kota. So the revnue of Bansal Classes has increased by 10 times and profits by 20 times.
When the changes in IITJEE were declared, a lot of coaching institutes made changes in their curriculum to fall in line with what was intended. Students of Bansal Classes were not introdcuced to any change. They kept on the same old methodology of solving long subjective problems.
It is to be expected since Mr. Bansal had over 6000 students to manage. Changes in the course were going to matter but maybe there was too much work to look at this aspect. Or maybe, they were simply clueless about what to do. Over years, Bansal had perfected the art of rote training that did not bother about developing scientific temper. Moreover, Mr. Bansal insisted that students were not supposed to go to school. They were just supposed to study at home all the time. As a result, most of his students were people who had dropped an year or two.
The changes in IITJEE were meant to attack this mindless pursuit of IITJEE in Kota. While IITJEE achieved its objective. The brand Bansal will continue to make money at the cost of students who do not evaluate their options correctly. It may be 3-4 years before Bansal Classes become history.

posted by Just do IIT at 6:43 AM