Hi all,
I am sure for parents in these days along with choosing a school, next most important thing would be to choose the best possible support in terms of JEE, NEET, Olympiads training from Coaching Institutes or Tuition Centre to support the regular academics.
As a parent who has been into this and having myself did some research, I would like to share some of the important aspects that I feel are important.
1- Do initial research in terms of the availability of options in your locality. There is a very important reason why I have been mentioning this. Students who are made to travel 1-2 hours everyday just for the classes would end up getting not much output.
2- Understand the background of the Institute and feedback from portals like Mouthshut. Do not get carried away by the good reviews and at the same time form very negative opinion about bad reviews. You would get to understand the broad feedback. I am sure if everyone is saying negative things then there must be something very inappropriate about the place. You may try to avoid taking next step for those institutions
3- Visit the Institute website to understand the services and training programs they offer
4- ave a telephonic conversation with shortlisted Institutes to get more details
5- Visit the particular Branch of the Institute to know the faculties details, students feedback and infrastructure. This is very important. Just because an Institute is producing ranks from Delhi or Andhra does not mean that students of Adyar Branch would get same support!
6- Do take opinion of any known friends/colleagues studying in that Institute(If any one available)
7- Also, if possible try to organize a counseling session with teachers/faculties who are going to take classes with the student for better initial assessment of compatibility
8-If the Institute is providing any demo sessions, please opt for the same with a caution that it should be with regular faculties.
Hope these steps would help you in making sure that your kids get the best academic excellence support.