Expensive tutorials

A study conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation in 2007-08 reveals the huge expenditure families incur on private tuitions for their children.

According to the survey,private coaching constitutes a significantly large portion of the expense students incur in education and it is sometimes even higher than school fees.

In West Bengal,private coaching constitutes the highest proportion of education expenditure40% when the total amount spent on education is averaged across all students irrespective of whether they take private coaching or not. In urban West Bengal,the spending on private coaching is as high as 48% of the education expenses. Other states that spend a considerable share on private tutoring are Bihar (21%),Orissa (20%),Gujarat (20%),Maharashtra (16%) and Jharkhand (15%).

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Interestingly,in Bihar and Orissa,rural students spend a much larger share on private tuitions than their urban counterparts24% in rural areas against 18% in urban Bihar and 28% in rural Orissa against 16% in urban areas.

The states accounting for the smallest proportion on private coaching are Andhra Pradesh with 3% followed by Tamil Nadu,Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh with 4% each.

As per the study,if the average amount spent on private coaching per year is calculated taking into account only those students who take private tuitions,then Gujarat has the highest spending of Rs 3,318. Maharashtra follows with R 3,273. Karnataka comes next with R 2,604 while Delhi spends Rs 2,593.

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