Education - Childs play!!

Came across this article. Came as a rude shock to me! IIT coaching from class VII? They must be joking. Education has been increasing the pressure on children, (and parents, ofcourse!) but this one, undoubtedly takes the cake. Parents now a days expect a lot from their children and want them to become all-that-they-could-not-become. IIT ofcourse has a prestige and it does make a life-changing-impact on its students, but then, people have been joining IIT for all these years with about two years of coaching. But parents now want more(!) and are rightly answered by these kind of institutions. Its all premium now and the rate of increase in the number of premium schools (read fees above 40K per year and the need to book your seat the moment you realize you are pregnant) is faster than the rate of increase in Indian population. Imagine a school with a fees of 40K in a small town called Aarani in tamil nadu. Parents are only too much willing to admit their children to such schools. But then, the institution think-tanks should be given their due credit, for who else can coin creative terms like "competitive psychology and scientific temperament". Now you know that you can trust them for sure with your childs education.

God save our children. Let them have their childhood!