Visakhapatnam: Management policies, marketing and parental pressures govern education in corporate junior colleges.
When the principal of a well-known corporate junior college was asked about the abnormally long hours that students spend in colleges, sometimes as long as 10-12 hours in a day, he said, “It is a policy of management and nothing is in my hands. I agree that it is not a right thing to do.”
When asked if there are any pressures from the management to deliver good scores and ranks, he said, “Although we do not have any set targets, we are a private entity and have to deliver the best in the market. There is also a pressure to deliver from the parents” side as they admit their wards expecting them to crack competitive exams.”
Some students accuse corporate junior colleges of intellectual apartheid. K. Sandip, a junior college student, said, “Students are divided into ‘top’ sections and ‘regular’ sections based on internal assessment marks. While such a practice is not followed in schools and every student is treated as equal, I do not understand why junior colleges have to discriminate.”
When asked about this discrimination, the principal of a corporate junior college said, “Everyone is not equal and we device strategies based on intellectual capabilities of students. I have seen students, who would have normally failed, pass Inter exams easily.”
