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 ...

A parent asked Quora users about IIT preparation institutes for their 10-year-old child New Delhi: Indian parents have a bad reputation for their often unreal expectations from their children.

Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said the initiative ensures equal opportunities for deserving students, with expert ...

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 ...

About 14 lakh students take the IIT entrance exam. What makes engineering such an enduring middle class aspiration? And at what cost to the students? Kalu Sarai is not Kota. Or so people would like ...

Narayan Murthy, the founder of India’s tech giant Infosys and an IIT Kanpur alum, recently expressed worry over the state of his alma mater. The business tycoon stated that even the country’s premier ...

Viru Sahastrabudhhe, or Virus, the popular character from the movie 3 Idiots used the example of the cuckoo bird usurping the crow’s nest to explain how students would need to crush competition to go ...