The trend of tuition centers is gaining popularity in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad despite the fact that they are charging high fees but the pathetic condition of these centres is preventing students from concentrating on their studies.
As per reports, academies continue classes throughout the year but their business is at its peak during summer vacations when students are free from schools and colleges and these institutions lure them in the name of summer camps, extra coaching classes for board exams, preparations for admission tests.
Majority of these centres do not bother to get their out of order fans repaired, and the students are forced to sit and study in sweating condition.
Clean drinking water is also not available whereas cold water is simply a dream for the students, most of whom come to attend classes on their bicycles and motorcycles after covering a long distance.
The condition of bathrooms is also pathetic in these tuition centres as the taps are broken, sanitary system is out-of-order and smell is so overpowering that no one can stand there for more than few seconds.
Due to lack of any regulatory body these tuition academies have a free hand to earn money, leaving the students on the mercy of harsh weather condition.
Asif Ali, a student of class 10 said, “In my tuition centre there is no facility of clean drinking water, so all students bring their water bottles, because we do not have any other option”.
He said they have complained to the academy administration but they simply refuse to take any responsibility and said their responsibility is to focus on education not on other “trivial issues”.
“It’s hard to concentrate during lectures due to hot weather but it is useless to say anything so we bear all this to get good grades in board examinations,” he stated.
Aslam Zia, a father of class 8 student said most of the children complain of poor conditions in the academies but parents persuade them to ignore everything for the sake of their future.
He said these tuition centres charge heavy fees and raise it at their own free will, with no regulatory body or check and balance system for them.
He requested the goverment authorities to pay heed on the issue and establish a proper system for their monitoring and for improving condition in which the students are compelled to study.