The Super 30 founder pointed out that in coaching centres today, people addressed parents as “clients”.
New Delhi: Educational programme Super 30’s Founder Anand Kumar has claimed that 90% of the coaching institutes will disappear in the next 10-15 years.
“In the coming 10-15 years, 90% of these coaching institutes are going to disappear. Nowadays, most people have created marketing teams in coaching centres and students have now become clients,” said Anand Kumar while talking to news agency ANI after three UPSC aspirants drowned in the basement of Rau’s Study Circle in Old Rajendra Nagar in Delhi on July 27.
Why Students Are Coming To Delhi
When questioned about the necessity for students to leave their home states and towns to study in Delhi, despite the abundance of online content, Kumar responded, “They can read. It’s my prediction that might be wrong. In the coming 10 to 15 years, 90 per cent of these coaching institutes are going to disappear. I can say this from my experience.”
“Now only one per cent of experiments have been done in the field of online classes. Syllabus for online classes with good quality content is yet to be prepared. If some dedicated group of teachers prepare such content, the students can do online classes by sitting in their homes and they will benefit much more than the offline classes,” he said.
Appeal To Government For UPSC Aspirants
Making an appeal to the government for UPSC aspirants Kumar said, “I would like to appeal to the government for form a team for UPSC aspirants and free coaching. After years of effort, a good book like NCERT has been written. I am praising the book and not the government. I am praising the team involved in writing the book. I do read Class 11 and 12 books and it feels good. So the education department should come up with a similar initiative and launch a big portal dedicated to online coaching.”
Describing the Old Rajender Nagar incident, where three UPSC aspirants tragically lost their lives, as “extremely saddening,” Anand Kumar remarked that students have become mere clients to the coaching centres. He appealed to the coaching centres to prioritize the well-being of students over financial gain.
Smaller Number Of Students Should Be Enrolled
“Learning of the accident that claimed the lives of three innocent students, who had arrived in Delhi to sit for the UPSC exam, was deeply distressing. I extend my heartfelt condolences and pray for the peace of their departed souls.Such an issue comes to light when these incidents occur but it is the responsibility of the government to carry out inspections from time to time and I request the coaching institutes to not rush just to earn money,” he said. He also asserted that a smaller number of students should be enrolled so that there are proper seating arrangements for them.
“Even though I got a lot of offers from investors to sell the franchise of my coaching institute so that it could be expanded, my conscience did not allow me to do that. I request coaching institutions that education should not become a business but rather, continue the teaching process by keeping the interests of the children at the centre,” Kumar added.
The Super 30 founder pointed out that in coaching centres today, people addressed parents as “clients”.
(With ANI inputs)