We all face these kinds of questions. We are living in an education system where what you have learned is not important. What is important to the world is your marks and which coaching you belong to.

Some parents do not investigate the coaching centre’s teaching style or environment. They just want to know that their children’s classmates are studying there, so their child should study there too.

Thus, coaching owners get the chance to increase their fees, and parents get trapped by their words and pay a heavy amount. But the question is: has anyone ever thought about whether children can adapt to that environment and actually learn something?

The hidden struggles

A normal student starts their day by going to coaching centres and school. The whole day, they remain trapped in coaching. When they return home, they are already tired and do not get the chance to finish their own studies.

In the end, when that student does not do well in the exam, all the fault is placed on the student. Parents blindly trust the coaching centres but do not check whether their children are studying well, completing the syllabus, or whether the teaching methods actually help students understand.

Some students are afraid to ask questions. They say yes, they are understanding, but in reality, there are many gaps in their studies. Fear does not let them speak. Even when they gather some courage, some parents tell them, “When all your batchmates are doing coaching and understanding, why can’t you?”

This question turns their courage into fear again. In a room full of students, it is really hard to understand everything, especially subjects like mathematics, science, and English. Parents think that getting into coaching means their children are working hard and studying well, but in reality, that is not always the case.

A student is silently struggling, unable to adapt to that environment, becoming tired and overwhelmed. These struggles directly affect their studies.

The predatory advertisements

When students leave the gates of their schools, advertisers from coaching centres stand outside with leaflets and pamphlets, a common way coaching centres promote themselves.

In these pamphlets, they promise that the syllabus will be completed in three or four months and charge a heavy amount for such courses. However, the reality often looks very different. After taking the money, their promises slowly vanish.

They continue taking classes and hand over a heavy load of notes and sheets to students, but their main focus is often on those who are already doing well.

What about the students who are struggling with their studies? They attend classes regularly but return with little or no understanding.

Coaching centres then use photos of toppers on their pamphlets to attract more students. While every student pays the same amount, the profit goes to the owners, and the loss falls on the students.

Their time and money are wasted in these coaching traps, leaving them with frustration instead of learning.

The immorality of school teachers

In our country, many teachers from prestigious schools privately give tuition to students, which is not allowed.

Generally, when students go to their subject teacher’s tuition, the teacher may not give the exact questions that will appear in the exam, but they practise similar types of questions. As a result, those students benefit and often do well in their exams. However, students who do not attend that tuition face an unfair situation.

As the number of students increases day by day, some teachers also increase their fees the following year. This, too, has become a form of immoral business in our country. Whether it is for extra income or something they are allowed to do, it raises a serious question of fairness.

It is understandable that some students need extra time to understand their studies, and seeking help from a teacher is not wrong. But practising questions that have a high possibility of appearing in exams is unfair to other students.

In some cases, teachers even pressure students by making them feel that if they do not attend their tuition, they will not receive the marks they deserve. Many students become victims of this practice, and it needs to be stopped.

The struggle to find the right coaching

It is true that some subjects require coaching. Not all students are the same, and many students need coaching for proper guidance and to understand question patterns. However, when guidance turns into pressure, that is where the problem begins.

Every coin has two sides. Similarly, some coaching centres genuinely help students improve their studies. However, most of the time, it becomes difficult for parents and students to find a suitable coaching centre.

Rehana Akter, a guardian, shared her experience. Her son studies in class eight, and when she tried to enrol him in a good coaching centre, she went from one centre to another but still struggled to find the right one.

When asked about the problems she faced, she said that some coaching centres charged very high fees, some lacked a proper study environment, and others did not have suitable teachers. This is not the problem of just one guardian; many parents face similar struggles.

Another guardian, who wished to remain unnamed, shared a different experience. She said she enrolled her daughter in her school teacher’s tuition because all her batchmates studied there. This again reflects the coaching business run by school teachers.

This is the reality of our education system, where students and parents become the victims, while teachers and coaching owners gain the profit.

Impacts on mental health

In the trap of coaching centres, combined with the pressure from parents to attend them, students’ mental health is often severely affected.

Some students cannot cope with this kind of pressure, and sadly, many take harmful steps for themselves. Parents need to consider, before sending their child to coaching, whether the child can truly benefit in that environment and whether they are actually understanding the lessons.

Labib Rahman, a student of class eight, is an example. When he did not perform well in class six, his parents enrolled him in coaching. However, he struggled to manage both school and coaching at the same time.

He became overwhelmed with homework from coaching and tutors, leaving him no time to clarify his own concepts. As a result, he could not achieve good results in class seven either. This is a real example showing that coaching is not suitable for everyone. While some students benefit from it, others struggle under the pressure.

The advice from early childhood is that parents should teach their children to study on their own. Through this, children can learn how to self-study. Self-study makes concepts clearer.

Now, when AI tools and free online classes are easily available, students can take help from them. At the very least, they can try to understand lessons through these resources, as they save both time and money.

Try to find a suitable coaching centre for yourself, but do not blindly believe their words. Ask for demo classes first, and if you find them helpful, then enrol. This is how we can save our time, money, and mental health.