Lok Sabha Question No. 5204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Time spent by Students in Coaching Institutes
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5204 ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## Time spent by Students in Coaching Institutes

5204.  SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has conducted any study on the average hours spent by students in coaching institutes, if so, the details thereof, subject-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  made  any  assessment  on  the  average  expenditure  incurred  by parents in a year on coaching for undergraduate entrance exams, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  there  has  been  a  rise  in  number  of  students  engaging  in  tuition  classes  outside  of classroom teaching, if so, the details of the average annual cost incurred on tuition classes;
- (d)  whether the Government has taken note a child spends more time in tuition classes as against recreation or extra-curricular activities;
- (e) if so, whether the current scenario of tuition classes consistent with the National Education Policy of holistic development; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details thereof  and if  not,  the manner in which the Government plans to mitigate this issue?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to (f) Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution with majority of schools under the State and UT Government. During the formulation of National Education Policy 2020, a highly participative, inclusive  and  multi-pronged  consultation  process,  through  online,  grassroots  and  thematic  expert consultations,  involving  State  Governments  was  carried  out.  Also,  a  large  number  of  consultations was held with different stakeholders viz-a-viz State/UT Governments, Government of India Ministries, Members of Parliament, public etc. During the consultation process, more than 2 lakhs suggestions / inputs were received from various stake-holders on the Draft NEP, 2020. Accordingly, based on all feedback/comments received from various stakeholders, the Ministry finalized the National Education Policy, 2020.

National Education Policy 2020 focuses on regular formative assessment for learning rather than the summative assessment that encourages today's 'coaching culture'.

Government  intends  to  mitigate  the  same  through  use  of  technology  and  multi-modal  education delivery.

In  line  with  this,  Ministry  of  Education  has  launched  Study  Webs  of  Active-Learning  for  Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) Prabha, which has a dedicated Free-To-Air DTH Channel (IITPAL) meant for Class XI and Class XII Students that regularly updates and broadcasts high quality, visually and graphically enriched content/ tutorial with the aim of preparing students aspiring for competitive exams such as Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Further, IIT-JEE CUET (UG) and NEET entrance exams are being conducted in thirteen (13) languages.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has also launched two four-year online Bachelor of Science (BS) programmes, one in Data Science and Applications and another in Electronic Systems in which students who are in class XII can apply and secure admission, without JEE, through an in-built 4week qualifier process and join the program after they successfully clear Class XII.

In order to help the students to practice well for NEET (UG) and JEE (Main) entrance examinations, National  Testing  Agency  (NTA),  has  launched  a  Mobile  App  'National  Test  Abhyas'  to  facilitate candidates' access to high quality mock tests online free of cost.

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