In a bid to regularize private tuition centres in Kashmir, Divisional Commissioner has taken some drastic decisions after convening a meeting of senior Government functionaries. Though a belated action, nevertheless is has been welcomed by the student community, parents and the civil society. The fact of the matter is that private tuition centres have mushroomed across the State ever since facilities for higher and professional education reached deep and wide in the society. Private tuition centres have been charging arbitrary tuition fee and the students are compelled to pay because they are desirous of securing higher marks for finding admission to professional and technical institutes. In fact private tuition centres have become industry of sorts where joint enterprise is conducted and good deal of money is transacted. Usually, teachers in Government employment are conducting private tuitions.
The Divisional Commissioner has awaken into account all aspects of tuition centres and has even asked the Director of Education to monitor whether the tuition centres maintain proper record of their registration, displaying notices about the fees charged, maintenance of proper account and the list of teachers at the tuition centres who are in the employment of Education Department. All these measures are meant to systematize private tuition centers and not allow them to run the centres arbitrarily. This step will be appreciated by the student community. These tuition centres have to get themselves registered by 31 January 2013 and each student who has been given admission will have to carry an identity card.
While we appreciate this progressive step taken by the administration in Kashmir, we would very much like if the exercise is repeated in Jammu province. Of late private tuition centres have also mushroomed in Jammu. Some of the centres are run in dark and dingy rooms without proper sanitation or wash room facilities. It is observed that during the winter in hilly areas and in Kashmir, a large number of students come to Jammu and the business of private tuition centres is booming. There are about eight thousand students from Ladakh and Kargil region who have sought admission in various educational institutions in Jammu. These students usually flock to tuition centres, pay exorbitant fees and are under pressure to live under-nourished life. We hope that the step taken by the administration will prove a success and the example will be emulated in Jammu. Systematizing tuition centres is welcome news for the student community. There is nothing wrong in teachers teaching in private tuition centres. But what is of much concern to the society is that the tuition centres should be run properly and along some rules and norms conducive to the student community.
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