Tuition after school hours, what you think?

It maybe because parents are too ambitious. Some parents put so much pressure on young children so that they can live their dream through their children. 

Anyways the school system is also to be blamed.. They bite off more than they can chew. The syllabus is so vast that the children don't get their foundation strong. 

It is psychological and physical pressure adding up on children that is leading to all the suicides and unacceptable behavior in schools. 

The system of Tuition after school hours is the outcome of many different things 

1, Nuclear families where students cannot ask the help of an educated elderly relative

1, Working parents who are unable to devote enough time to their school going children

2, Unlimited number of students in a class, sometimes as many as 70 students in a class which the teacher cannot handle.

3, Total commercialisation of the education system 

No doubt it is bad and is not at all healthy but who will bring in the reforms?

Commercialization of education is the main cause for the sorry state of affairs in the sphere of education. In addition to this there are parents who think sending their wards for tuition in extra hours is an essential status symbol.

Schools and parents force students to give 100 %, but not all the students can give hundred percent. For this parents are advised to send their kids to tuition after school hours. In this situation kids have no time to play or do other things.

Also some schools do their business. Teachers ask students to go for tuition for better results. Teacher get salary from schools and make good money by providing tuition. 

It is also due to the high population of students and the corresponding very low availability of seats in higher education institutions. This creates a tremendous pressure of competition for the limited no. of seats. Parents therefore start preparing children right from their infancy. Also quality of education has gone down and good teachers are also less in number. Commercialisation has set in due to which children many a times are taught after school hours by same teachers who hardly teach during school hours bur at extra cost. Parents have no choice.

I have seen the family in my opposite flat that they send their  children for classes. After reaching home they are so tired they without eating fall asleep.

I would say  teach what is needed.. My son who is in the 9th std does what my other son does in final year Med school. What is the need? The kid doesn't understand nor does he need it right now. Get the foundation right!

The text book is full of mistakes both grammar and conceptual. What is the need to put such crap together? 

The Govt. schools do not teach because of lack of infrastructure. This aspect is well utilized by the Private schools to their advantage.

Till the late sixties the govt. schools used to impart good education with similar or less infrastructure. 

But the situation is different now. I know greats like Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrian was educated in an ordinary Govt  school.

All the infrastructure a good teacher needs is a chalk and a broad. But the other things that  matter like dedication,  passion for teaching etc. are m ore important.

Children need a good attitude to learn and become somebody in life.  

However, the governments don't care about anything else other than their schemes to give free food and get popularity votes. 

Exactly the dedication and passion has gone out of teaching. To cover up, infrastructure etc are blamed. In order not to be left behind parents are forced to submit to very high fees, extra tuition etc for their children. Education needs reforms not more and more institutes, most of them with political patronage who only mass produce semi literate graduates incapable of being hired.

That the education system  needs reforms is an undeniable fact. But who will do the Reforms. Governments are busy in tours. Commoners are left to their fate, resulting in a famine for quality education. It seems quality education has become a thing of the past.

Leave aside fathers, now there are many working mothers and in that case it becomes difficult to manage their child's studies regularly. Still, some try to help their child in studies on weekends but some think that that tuition is the best option to educate their child and they spend their money on number of tuitions as status symbol.

Another problem is that many stay at home mothers find it easier to spend their time in watching T.V., chatting over the phone, shopping and many such activities rather than going through the books of their children. If a little time is spent in understanding the books then there will be no need to send a child for tuition at least up to eighth standard.       

I sincerely feel, its not that only children should do homework. Parents also should do Homework.  Mothers whiling away time in TV viewing, gossiping are not uncommon to see. It is such mothers who patronize tuitions.

Parents should give some time to their kids rather sending them for tuition. As parents can teach more apart from what written in books, they can the behavior, way of talking and many more so that their kids will leave a proper life, but these days the number of marks in marksheets are given more value than the nature and behavior of the student. And for more marks people find the option as tuition.

I can understand about those parents who are employed.. But, there are Mothers who stay at home and fathers who do shift duties can do a great job of imparting some necessary stuff which are not taught in  schools like as you said, conversational skills, GK etc by taking turns..

Actually if the overall quality of educations were to improve and the ratio of teacher to students is kept realistic and practical, there would be no need for extra tuitions. If the children are able to understand the basic concept of the subjects and a habit of self study with methodical approach inculcated, then they can study at home in their own time.

I agree. If the conditions like good standards and Pupil - Teacher ratio are maintained, the question of tuitions and extra hour classes will not arise.

Whatever may be the reason, tuition put extra burden on kids. Schools put too much pressure on students, willingly or unwillingly a student has to attend coaching classes. During childhood or till the age of 14, a kid should be burdened or stressed minimum.