CHANGING TRENDS in IIT-JEE COACHING EDUCATION

Coaching industry has witnessed a tremendous breakthrough in the past few years. In order to keep pace with the changing trends in the IIT-JEE, the coaching education went through metamorphoses and changed profoundly. It tried to bring all the students under the same umbrella and aimed at imparting phenomenal education to the aspiring students.

Over the years, a number of changes have been incorporated in the IIT-JEE format in order to dissuade the coaching culture. However, the changes brought have only given a fillip to the coaching culture and more students started knocking at the door of the coaching institutes. In such a scenario, coaching centres came up with new centres in every nook and cranny of India in order to meet the growing demand for the IIT-JEE coaching. This in turn elevated the competition and coaching centres started focusing on new and improved teaching methods. Use of innovative methods in the coaching education not only improved the standard of education that was imparted but also empowered the young generation.

Throughout the past years, technology has entered the domain of coaching education and given the whole scenario a massive shake-up. With proliferation of technological advancements in the field of education, the coaching centres have started using innovative teaching methodologies. There has been a momentous shift from the traditional teaching and learning methods to the digital classrooms. Coaching centres now make vast of use technological tools such as LCD Projector, Smart Board, Laptops etc to make learning interactive and interesting for the students.

Apart from that, many coaching centres update their websites with interesting assignments for the students. Students can now learn from the comfort of their home. They can take online tests, submit their assignments and also talk to the teachers virtually in case of doubts. Moreover, one can also enrol into online courses that have brought access to those with geographical barriers. Besides that, many coaching centres have developed their apps for the technology-savvy new generation. This has enabled the teachers to upload valuable educational resources on the internet. Further, accessing lessons and modules have now become effortless and trouble-free.

Taking a step further many coaching institutes have come up with their online blogs that enable students to garner information on varied topics. The articles focus not only on the diverse disciplines offered by engineering but also stress on examination tips and tricks, career options, time management strategies, common mistakes in exams etc., thereby finding tremendous traction among students. Besides that, online videos, webinars, podcasts, virtual classrooms, video conferencing and connecting students via social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter etc have wrought radical transformation in the coaching education.

In the wake of the changing trends in the IIT-JEE format, coaching centres now employ efficacious strategies in order to rope in many aspiring students. Plethora of courses ranging from integrated to crash courses supplemented with proper guidance, mentoring and peer support is offered to attract the fancy of students.

Coaching education has, thus, seen a paradigm shift in the conventional teaching environment and has transformed the teaching-learning process using many creative ideas. The role of teacher has now changed to that of the facilitator with introduction of technology based learning and the spawning of a technologically-savvy generation of youths. Coaching education, now, serves to enrich the quality of students and offers clear prospects of building a bright future utilising the potential of the students and their aptitude for the same.