Hi Santosh, In as much as your post in reply to mine referred to teachers wherein I mentioned that the scope for corruption was relatively less. Perhaps I should have said in that in terms of the magnitude. Having been a teacher all my life I would like to mention that as teachers, one is constrained by the ethics of the profession. Ethically speaking, tuitions are legitimate if and only if sanctioned by the head of the Institution. In the normal course of events, one is supposed to solve the difficulties of children in the institution itself. If the teacher teaches well, then there is no need for a child to take tuitions. Tuitions are justified in certain circumstances. In cases where the student has missed classes and has a problem catching up or if the student has a difficulty in learning the subject.
Unfortunately, in this competitive world, it is the parents' ambition and their desire to see that their children fulfil their (parents' and sadly not the students') ambition that drives them to send their children to tuition classes. Hence the thriving industry. IMHO, I personally feel that giving tuitions in such circumstances is akin to the world's oldest profession. Both are driven by the need to make money albeit for different ends perhaps. Best, Tony From: Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> Hi Tony, <<<<Whether we like it or not every profession has become a business today. ....................such as offering a medically inappropriate treatment only because it is to his/her own benefit rather than the patient's, or ordering a medically unnecessary test because he/she receives a kickback from the laboratory. (truncated) Cheers, Santosh>>> -- "Tony de Sa" < tonydesa at gmail dot com>
