A study on secondary level students attitude towards private tuitions in West Tripura district

Private tutoring is becoming increasingly popular, which is hardly surprising as it is particularly effective in improving not only a student's academic grades, but also their practical understanding of wide range of subjects. As private tuition is usually one-to-one, tutors and students are able to work much more closely and develop stronger relationships than would otherwise be possible in a larger class. Now-a-days private tuitions have become an essential feature of formal education system. Private tuition is offered to students in single, as well as in-group too. It is also revealed from the fact that school teachers are engaging in providing private tuition to their own students. A good percentage of students from elementary to higher education receive private tuition. Reasons for adopting private tuitions can be academic, personal or social too. In order to find out the growing concern towards private tuition it was decided to study the attitude of secondary level students towards private tuitions in West Tripura district. For this purpose descriptive study was employed with a sample of 120 secondary school students from 12 different tuition centers in West Tripura district.