private tuition center menace or necessity

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National Institute of Management21st Mid Career Management Course

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Current Issue Presentation

TUITION CENTER MAFIA IN

KARACHI

ByTAHIR AYUB KHAN(POSTAL SERVICES)

ADS

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Currency of the Issue

Introduction

Analysis

Issues for Policy-Makers

Way Forward with Implementation Strategy

Conclusion

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4 The Nation, The tuition mafia, dated December 28, 2011 11/7/2016

11/7/2016The Dawn, Private Tuition- just an easy way out dated Nov 20,20125

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11/7/2016The Dawn, Private Tuition a necessary evil, 8th January 2012

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Private tuition are growing up all around the world

The Phenomenon is more pronounced in the developing countries where standard of education in school is poor.

Consequently, parents are forced by such circumstances and send their children for private tuition.

In Pakistan in general and in Karachi in Particular more and more tuition culture is coming up due to our dysfunctional education system

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The Dawn, Private Tuition- just an easy way out dated Nov 20,20129

This video which I have brought is a soul searching for all of us as we are dealing with our public policy formulation in one way or other that what is feature of children studying in school and why parents are forced to send their children to tuition centers.

VIDEO11/7/2016

Funny sindh teachers protesting in Karachi by Abra (1) (1).mp4

Analysis

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The Tribune , Tuition Industry , A class Act, Friday 8th April 2016201611

Private tuition

Parents Push

Extra Revenue

for teachers

Student belief

Indifferent Authority

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Evolution of Private Tuition in

Pakistan

The days when I attended school about four decades

ago, it was a matter of great shame if anyone was

taking extra help by attending tuitions besides school.

All bright students took pride in their results, as their

performance was a result of their original hard work

and not engineered through tuition factories.

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During the last two decades it has become a

fashion, as well as a necessity, to take tuition to

secure first class grades in the exams.

Now almost all the parents have replaced their

efforts with tuition bills where as teachers have

commercialized their profession of teaching to

exploit the most honorable profession of all the

times.

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The weak students are identified by the school

and extra effort is made by the teachers to bring

them at par with the average level of the class.

In our society, schools pay little attention to assist

weak students and instead are identified by the

teachers and recommended to take evening

tuitions in order to improve their grades.

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It is also very unfortunate to see that parents have

already given their responsibility up by paying

heavy fees for schools and home tutors.

The parents kill the meaning of education and

tutors kill the concept of schools.

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Parents further hand their children over to the

tutors for fulfilling the requirements of schools.

Unaware of what they are turning their kids into,

parents have reduced their children to hostages in

their lives.

The bigger game of face saving in society is played

by parents by using the result cards of their

children as the certificate of talented parents.16 The Dawn, Tuition Industry , A class Act, Friday 8th April 20162016 11/7/2016

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In professional runway everyone justwants to be the best

Poor teaching at school force students togo for private tuition.

Parents also prefers their children toscore better in exams

Private tuition are more professionals andcover syllabus in specified time.

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Annual Statistic of Education

Report

11/7/2016The Dawn, Private Tuition- just an easy way out dated Nov

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Around15.7 per cent children of 3-16 years in ruralPakistan take tuitions and pay Rs293 per month. This isover and above what parents spend on generalschooling -- government or private

In Survey of 900 villages more than 54,000 childrenaged 3-16 across the country, were surveyed and it wasconcluded that government schools taking privatetuition and especially those belonging to the poorestclasses appeared to perform better than those who didnot take private tuitions.

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Karachi is the biggest City of Pakistan with

population of almost Twenty (20) million.

It is the business hub of the country and generates

around 70% of the total revenue of the country

per year.

The Nation, The tuition mafia, dated December 28, 2011

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Approximately one million students appear in the

SSC/HSC/Universities Examination every year in

Karachi.

The number of Government & Private Schools,

Colleges and Institutions are unable to fulfil the

standard of Education as per requirement of the

students and their parents in different stages.

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Over past twenty years or so our country has

developed a unique culture of evening tuition

Public schools and colleges are now de-facto

‘facilitation centers’ or ‘liaison offices’ of Board of

Intermediate and Secondary Education of various

divisions.

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The parents and teachers are fanatical with

high grades/marks of the students, using it

as the only yard stick for success in their

lives.

Technology equipped with audio and video

can not replace books, teachers and

parents.

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Although by the time there isn’t any kind of

registration process available in Karachi, in respect

of tuition Centers but on a very rough estimate in

numbers; there are thousands of tuition Centers

existed in Karachi.

Out of those, a few tuition Centers have very good

reputations in society and having several branches

in Karachi like Student inn, Practical Center,

Meritorious & Adamjee etc.


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Gain of extra knowledge that may not learn in theschool.

Students can better at private tuition centers as tuitioncenter environment is better.

Can exchange ideas and exam questions with newfriends there.

Private tuition is a window to exchange and channelizethe energy of the students towards greater productivity.

Best way for learning to individual student.

Focus on a particular subject that’s need to grasp.

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Inclination of students to concentrate tuitionby bunking classes

The students are loosing ingenuity Appears costly to parents It discriminate the rich and poor students as

students from the lower strata of society cannot afford high tuition cost

Less time is available to students for extracurricular activities.


?? ?

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??Why private

tuition gaining

popularity?

Today education is positioned in

the society as a commodity .

Guardians are convinced to get

benefited by the innovative glossy

advertisements.

?

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Should we ban Private Tuition

The Dawn, Private Tuition a necessary evil, 8th January 201227

There is a debate that private tuition should be banned in Karachi but on the other hand there are people who argue that banning tuition would prove to be more harmful.

So I have analyzed both the point of views which can help us to reach at reasonable conclusion

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Arguments Against banning


Not all the students are same; some can

grasp the lessons quickly in the class;

whereas some cant due to various reasons

like distractions, explanation gaps. Hence

they need extra support, wherein private

tutors can help them understand those

important key points once again

Now a days the minimum number of students

in each class is more than 50 students in

Karachi and it’s easy for the kids to get

distracted by friends while chit- chatting and

makes them loose interest in studies and

hence they need extra help in terms of studies

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Arguments against banning

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Children today have their attention directed towards television, internet, games, etc. and hence tuition help them cope up with studies as well

Private tutors can effectively deal with weak and ‘difficult to handle’ students, inspire them to study hard and improve them

In higher classes, the level of education also increases and additional help to score better is also necessary, specifically now when there is competition prevailing in every field at a very young age

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The Nation, The tuition mafia, dated December 28, 201130

Private tutors can effectively deal with weak and ‘difficult to handle’ students, inspire them to study hard and improve them.

In higher classes, the level of education also increases and additional help to score better is also necessary, specifically now when there is competition prevailing in every field at a very young age.

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Arguments in favour of banning

The Dawn, Private Tuition a necessary evil, 8th January 201231

It adds to the burden of the students, as they not only receive home-works by school teachers but also from their private tutors, hence leaving them with no or less time for extra –curricular activities, which would help them to refresh their mind

Private tuitions are often expensive and cannot be paid by all parents

The standard of teaching in the classroom deteriorates, if the teacher conducts private tuitions in the wake of earning some extra bucks.

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Arguments in Favour of banning


The standard of teaching in the classroom deteriorates, if the teacher conducts private tuitions in the wake of earning some extra bucks

To prove the class of their private tuitions, they may indulge in ‘practice test’ to help those students help clear exams with distinction in schools

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SWOT Analysis

Strength Weaknesses

Large number of Schools

Internet Connectivity

Poor Education Standard

Different medium of instructions

High grade consciousness

Poor teaching faculty

Parents increasing obsession with better grades


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SWOT Analysis

Opportunities Threats

Improvement in quality of education

Increase number of schools

E learning

Regulating private tuition

Crack down on poorly trained teachers

Discrimination between rich and poor creating further stratification

Impact on education in school

Absenteeism from School

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Issues for Policy Makers

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Right to education is a fundamental right as perArticle 25A and how far we are successful

Shortage of Government Schools andproliferation of low quality private schools

Registration and regulation of Private tuitioncenters

Poor teaching conditions force students to gofor private tuition

Absenteeism of teachers from school duringworking hours for private tuition

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Recommendations

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Admission of all Children of Government officers

and politicians in Government school at the

earliest.

Implementation Strategy

Federal and Provincial Government legislate that

it would be compulsory for the children of

Government and Politicians to send their children

to Government School and in case of violation

disciplinary proceeding will be initiated against the

violators.

Outcome

Improvement in standard of education will lower

dependence on private tuition and improve overall

quality of education in Government sector37


Recommendation 2

Merit based induction of teachers both in

public and private schools be ensured to

improve quality of education


IBA may be tasked to conduct test for

recruiting teachers

Outcome

Competent teachers will be enrolled and it

will ultimately lessen the dependence on

private tuition.


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Recommendation 3

To overcome charging of high fees, all tuition

centers be registered at Karachi rates may be

prescribed which may be charged


Education department with the help of NADRA

may registered all the tuition centers and fine

may be imposed in case tuition overcharge

from student

Outcome

This measure will ensure that high fee is not

charged from students

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The Dawn, Private Tuition- just an easy way out dated Nov

20,2012 11/7/2016

Recommendation 4

Tuition centers may be allowed in respective

school as being done in case of Army doctors who

can do private practice in Army hospital. This

measure will ensure that teachers attend their

respective school during day time.


Administration of Government and Private Schools

may be directed by education department to

ensure implementation

Outcome

Ease in regulation and control of tuition centers

and will also lessen the absenteeism of teachers40

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Recommendation 5

More Private Schools be opened in

Government Schools to cater to the demand

of 20M Population in Karachi


More budget be allocated at Provincial level to

increase number of school in Karachi

Outcome

Increase in number of schools will definitely

lessen dependence on private schools

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Recommendation 6

Increase in salary of public and Private

teachers will discourage them to join tuition

centers and instead they will pay more

concentration in class.


Law may be passed that salary of public and

private teachers will be enhanced

Outcome

Financial autonomy will lessen their focus on

tuitions

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Recommendation 7

Crackdown on poorly qualified teachers

Implementation strategy

Legislation may be passed that only better

qualified teachers are allowed to teach

children

Outcome

Better understanding of subject by students

and sorting out poorly qualified teachers

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It is surprising to see that little policy attention has

been paid to what some academic now recognize as

third most important education sector.

The option of giving ( for the teachers) and receiving

(for the students) tuition outside of normal school hour

change the incentives structure of the provision of

high quality instruction within the standard school

system which in turn has implication for equity and

social justice.

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The relationship between private tutoring and

student achievement is also increasingly

gaining policy attention as it calls into question

the quality of schooling during schooling hour.

In conclusion, poor facilities, outdated

curriculum, untrained, uninterested and

incompetent teachers are some factors which

needs to be addressed if we are serious in

lowering dependence on private tuition and

improve quality education

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