An empirical study on emerging trend of complementary education

The present education scenario is changing drastically. The urge to become memory bank and score good marks is curbing the creativity of students. And to accomplish this desire the families increasingly agree that schools cannot fulfill this need alone so there dependency on coaching is sharply increasing. They hold the view that children need multiple opportunities to learn and grow in school at home and in the community, so they find complementary education as a comprehensive strategy that ensure success for all children and youth. Despite of the fact that coaching charges high fees as compared to the formal institutes, parents are more willing to send their children to coaching classes. Neglecting the area of interest of their children, every parent wants their child to be a doctor or an engineer. As a result students are not able to indulge themselves in other extra curricular activity. This paper is an attempt to study the factors that influence the minds of parents and students to opt for this system, the economics involved in the coaching systems, the end results for the students and to a certain extent the psychological factors of the system at Bhilai and Durg regions of the state of Chhattisgarh, India.