As the debate over persuading students to discard the ‘culture’ of coaching centres to boost scientific thinking, IIT statistics reveal that about 50% of those who secured admission to the 18 ...

Many of the top institues for science have developed a symbiotic relationship with professional coaching classes that train students for the IIT exam. MUMBAI: Call it a case of sleeping with the enemy ...

The despondent look in his eyes was unmistakable. Sitting alone in a canteen in a coaching institute at Kota, Kamal Singh was accompanying a friend who was seeking admission there to prepare for the ...

Kalu Sarai is not Kota. Or so people would like you to believe. This New Delhi neighbourhood has some obvious differences with the Rajasthan town that made its reputation as the country’s coaching hub ...

The IIT-JEE reforms sought to be introduced by the human resources development ministry have sparked a national debate in India. While the HRD ministry states the new exam pattern is an attempt to ...

The recent spate of suicides of students enrolled in coaching classes in Kota - 3 in 5 days - should serve as a wake-up call for all stakeholders. In a recent blog, I mentioned the things that make ...

Majority of students moving from class 11 to class 12 and have not joined any coaching for the preparation of IIT JEE in class 11 often come up with questions like, “What if I join coaching for IIT ...

The edtech sector pays IIT grads a starting salary of ₹10-12 lakh per year. India’s edtech sector has hired several thousand graduates from the famed Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)—both from ...