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Ahmedabad, 1 August 2024
1 crore students are in Gujarat. Even if at least 50 percent of them have tuition, 50 lakh students go to tuition classes. There are an average of 250 students in a tuition class. According to this, there are 20 thousand tuition classes in the whole of Gujarat.
After the death of students due to flooding in the basement, there has been concern in Gujarat about the coaching classes being held in Delhi.
Number of students
For 2024, there were 9,17,687 students of class 10, while there were 4,98,279 students of class 12 general stream and 1,32,073 students of class 12 science stream.
A total of 16,76,739 students have registered for Gujarat Board Exam Class 10 and Class 12, including general stream and science stream for GUJCET.
1 crore students study from class 1 to college. It is estimated that 50 lakh students are taking tuition. For this, the parent body estimates that there are 20 thousand tuition classes in Gujarat.
Teachers
Earlier, due to financial problems, only B.Ed teachers used to take tuition. Now, most engineers are taking tuition. Many teachers do not have the skills. 50 thousand people get employment in tuition classes. Also, there are 25 to 30 thousand people who are giving tuition at home.
Illegal
Since tuition is illegal, it does not get any recognized certification. Illegal tuition is going on in the coaching classes in the basement of the complex, ignoring any number rules. Teachers give written undertakings to the school that they will not pay tuition fees. But there is uninterrupted tuition at the back door. The salary of teachers in private schools is low, so they take tuition to earn a livelihood.
Tuition Fees
The parent sending the child for tuition will have to pay one thousand rupees per month per subject in primary. While in high school this price is Rs. 1000 per subject. 1500 per month. Average fee for 12 months for 50 lakh students is Rs. Even if Rs 10 thousand. 5 to 10 thousand crore business is being done. Theft
Tuition class has to pay service tax. In which the theft incident has been carried out. A few years ago, service tax of 40 lakhs was collected from the operators of 12 tuition classes.
Crowded class
According to the rules, a student needs 8 square feet of space to sit. So that he can get enough oxygen. This is not the case in tuition classes. Tuition is reviewed once every ten years by the education department. Two major anti-tuition actions took place during the tenure of then education minister Nalin Bhatt and Anandiben Patel of BJP. Then stopped.
Ahmedabad
There are more than 5000 tuition classes in Ahmedabad city. Running in crowded places without any kind of registration or permission. Commercial complexes and basements are running without safety standards. There are 3 thousand tuition classes in Ahmedabad where teachers teach in the complex. Most of the tuition classes in Ahmedabad are in Naranpura, Maninagar, Bapunagar, Ranip, Paldi, Satellite, Wadge areas.
Surat After the tuition class fire incident in Surat, 164 schools and 192 tuition classes in the city did not have fire safety equipment. Notices were issued to 262 schools and 888 tuition classes to install fire safety facilities.
There are a total of 1500 tuition classes in Surat for coaching and private tuition. Out of which about 400 are registered with Surat Coaching Academic Association. (Google translation from Gujarati)
