Issues That Compel The Students Go To The Tuition / Coaching Centers
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2013
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University of Management and Technology
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Education today is one of the leading industries globally. Due to influx of technology majority of the students are ambitious for higher education and reaching out for their educational needs globally. However, the educational level and situation in our schools systems is still a big question mark.
Unfortunately, schools are unable to deliver quality teaching/learning environment to its stakeholders therefore many other supplementary options are available to satisfy this quench of learning.
Researcher was keen in finding out the stimulating factors among the prevailing educational and supplementary practices in our culture i.e. culture of tuition centers and tuition academies. To fulfill this objective an empirical study was conducted and a questionnaire was distributed among 3 different types of respondents i.e. students at tuition centers, parents and school teachers. Total number of respondents were 240 i.e. 80 respondents belonging to each group mentioned above. Data was collected through the method of random sampling from the 10% of the area under study i.e. Punjab society, Wapda town, Faisal town and Johar town and their vicinities.
Findings revealed that this tuition center culture has permeated to a great extent in our society. Students who attend tuition centers consider it as a better option to fulfill their educational requisites and parents have also accepted these tuition academies as a healthier place of learning where a comfortable environment is provided to students. Conversely, the school teacher responses revealed that they are fulfilling their educational responsibilities quite sincerely; however students and parents response doesn’t support this notion. Therefore, findings evidently reveal a contradiction among respondents.
Researcher recommends school accreditation from public sector body which specialize for better system of accountability, parent counseling forums, improved professional development and training opportunities not only for teachers but also for educational managers, technology oriented testing methods must be incorporated to develop a transparent system of evaluation in schools.
Primarily, a culture of learning, knowledge sharing and developing wisdom among students must be introduced among the educational stakeholders in order to emphasize the true meaning of education. Attainment of higher grades and studying for grade acquisition and chasing it like anything should not be the practice in our society at large rather it must be condemned through more research.
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Compel, Coaching Centers