Bengaluru: In other effects of pandemic in school children, the number of students in Karnataka takes a paid private lecture has doubled from pre-covid time, the annual status of the 2021 educational report (Aser) was released on Wednesday.
According to the report, 10.7% of children registered at school use private tuition fees in 2018.
The figure fell to 8.4% by 2020, perhaps because of locking.
However, Aser 2021 shows that the number is at 20.5% now, growth of around 10 percentage points.
Aser 2021 was conducted in September-October 2021 when the school began to reopen and among 1.9 lakh households and 11,545 schools through telephone calls.
Nationally, the report noted that lecture classes were more common among children whose schools were still closed during the survey.
Throughout India, children take lectures in class 1-5 have increased from 24% to 37%.
In class 3-5, it is 39% and 6-8 classes, namely 39% and others at 41%.
About 40% of government school children and 38% of private school children take tuition fees.
In South India, the prevalence of tuition fees was mostly in Kerala at 28%, which dropped to 19%.
Lecture creates unnecessary competition, said Expertamil Nadu is 14% (now 17%), Maharashtra 14% (now 20%), Telangana 6% (now 10%) and Andhra Pradesh 15% (now 23%).
Except in Kerala, the lecture has grown in all states, said the report is a natural response to the closure of a prolonged school.
“Very curious that while economic disorders may have moved children from private schools, parents can still access tuition fees where they have to pay fees.
This might be caused by the fact that the class of tuition fees is a local phenomenon where the payment can adjust it Flexible.
And quickly on demand and supply negotiated between tutors and families …
The decision to open or close the government school is taken by the authorities at the district or state level with school teachers not say when or how the reopening of the school can occur.
But For the lecture sector, all local, flexible and direct decisions; these classes are open or close easily respond instantly to local conditions with various waves of pandemic, “said the report.
Throughout the country, there is a growth of 11 percentages in children who take tuition fees.
Among southern countries, Karnataka has the highest growth in this section and stands 11 overall.
Education in the state echo the reasons stated by the report.
“Left without choice, parents must choose tuition fees so that children are not inferior to the study.
However, tuition fees are not a healthy trend.
It places a focus only on the exam and defeats educational goals as a goal.
It does not need competition, while important goals Schools like socialization are forgotten, “said VP Niranjanaradhya, education.
The trend across statesthe reports show that in countries like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, high school money taking in the past.
On the contrary, in the eastern United States such as West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha, going to college is common even in the lower class.
In 2018, 50% of school-age children in Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal took tuition fees.
Now, 60% in Odisha and more than 70% in Bihar and West Bengal.