Rao Jaswant Singh | TNN
Kota: So what if they haven’t a clue about calculus or are still to learn about protons and electrons? Surely that can’t stop a child from training to be an IITian.
This may seem unthinkable elsewhere, but in Kota, the coaching hub for IITians that routinely sends hundreds to the top institutes, students from Class VII can receive special training from this year to crack the IIT entrance test. Never mind that they can take a shot at it only six years down the line.
To make life easier for these students, who until now had only routine tuitions to worry about after school, faculty from the centres will go to the different schools to hold special classes.
The special course—Prefoundation Career Care Program (PCCP)—is apparently aimed at “better conceptual understanding’’. To enrol, one needs to have scored at least 70% in Class VI. Those who don’t manage the 70% have the option of taking an admissions test.
Manoj Sharma, additional director (administration and management), Resonance, a coaching institute, said the objective was to develop qualities such as a scientific temperament, mathematical aptitude, problem-solving skills, reasoning and competitive psychology, among students at an early stage.
“These qualities help develop the competitive quotient among students so that they perform better in school as well as in competitive exams,’’ Sharma added. Resonance has tied up with the Sawai Man Singh School in Jaipur and DPS in Chandigarh and efforts are on to cover others.
Pramod Maheshwari, CEO of Career Point, another coaching institute, said early preparation was always beneficial, especially now that the number of attempts for the IIT-JEE had been restricted to two. Career Point is holding classes under its programme Synchro School Education at schools in Kota, Assam and Punjab. Efforts are on to rope in more. “We have launched a website on which students can test their skills by solving test papers,” he said.
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