Coaching class over college
While her board exams were just around the corner, Shubham Jain, 15, was busy preparing for an entrance exam to get into a coaching class. “I cannot imagine clearing IIT-JEE (the entrance exam to the Indian Institutes of Technology) without joining a coaching class,” said Jain, an aspiring IITian who scored 96% in her ICSE exams. With results coming out one after the other — ICSE and ISC results were declared on May 17, CBSE Class 12 results were declared on May 23 and HSC results were declared on May 27 — the admission season has begun. But more than college admissions, students are fretting about getting into the right coaching class. While classes that coach for professional entrance exams such as engineering, medical, chartered accountancy and company secretary have entrance tests, exams for regular courses mostly offer walk-in admissions. The hunt for these classes begins well in advance. “I started looking out for classes for my son immediately after his Class 10 results, even be...