Tuition classes start operating schools under guise of trust

Now,Parth Institute,a city-based tuition centre for Class XI and XII Science,operational since 1997,has received permission from GSHSEB to simultaneously operate its own school. Over 200 students attend classes in each batch at branches in Karelibaug and the Subhanpura areas. The institute prepares students for the state Boards,GUJCET,AIEEE,IIT-JEE and PMT exams.

Now,the institute has received permission from GSHSEB to run Class XI Science from the academic year starting from June 29,2009. The institute will operate under the name- Parth School of Science and Competition and intends to seek permission to start Standard XII-Science from next year.

“The students attend school for six hours and then rush to tuition classes after school. This leaves them with no time for self-study. But in our school,we intend to train them not just for the Boards,but also for the competitive exam. So the students do not have to go for additional tuition classes,” said Jagdish Nimawat,administrator of the school and also the tuition classes.

At present,the school has received permission to open one class for Gujarati medium students,while permission for one English medium class remains pending.

“Eighty students have already enrolled for the Gujarati medium class. We highlighted the unavailability of ground in our documents due to which permission for English medium classes remain pending. We have taken a party plot behind the school premises on rent which will suffice the requirement,” Nimawat added.

But the association of principals from Sanchalak Mandal has protested the move. “The granted schools are in a miserable condition where we are devoid of most of the facilities for the students. But,a tuition class can officially operate a school now and mint money from both places,” said Mukul Upadhyaya,Secretary of the Sanchalak Mandal.

Apparently,there are 46 schools in Rajkot,eight in Ahmedabad,three in Gandhinagar,five in Junagadh and several others where tuition classes operate their school under the guise of a trust.

GSHSEB Secretary R I Patel said: “We can give permission to schools operated by trusts. If the school also runs a tuition class,the District Education Officer should not have given the nod for permission.”

Vadodara DEO R K Patel,however,said: “The Parth Institute had opened a trust a year ago under which they had started the school. But on February 2009,I did not give my approval for the school on the basis of inadequate facility. Such schools run by tuition classes under the facade of a trust are operational in various other cities.”