Perception of Science Students about Private Academic Coaching (Tuition) at Secondary Level in District Chiniot

Abstract

The development of a country is associated with the quality of its educational institutions. According to the Article 25-A of constitution of the Pakistan, free and compulsory school education is the fundamental right of every individual. However, the quality of science education particularly in the public sector schools has always been under the discussion. The purpose of the current paper was to study the perception of the secondary school students about extra coaching classes after the regular school time. The population of this study was taken from the secondary public and private schools and ten schools were taken as sample size. Results indicated that students were given satisfactory response during data collection about extra coaching classes. Students taking extra coaching classes, become active learner due to the sympathetic and kind behavior of their teachers. Conversely, the negative behavior and non-cooperative attitude of the teachers negatively effects the students thus making them passive, boring failed in getting desirable learning goals. Due to these reasons, students need proper guidance and counseling to remove these difficulties and improve their grades and personality. Further finding indorsed that negative behavior of teacher become the barrier between students and success at secondary school level.