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78 pc of parents who send their kids to free primary schools in rural Bengal feel tuitions are unavoidable.

78 pc of parents who send their kids to free primary schools in rural Bengal feel tuitions are unavoidable.

Ban homework and stop tuitions, says Amartya Sen

Thirty four per cent primary school students depend on private tuitions in West Bengal. And if findings of Pratichi India Trust in Kolkata are to be believed, 78 per cent of parents who sent their kids to free primary schools and Sishu Shiksha Kendras in rural Bengal feel private tuitions are unavoidable. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen heading the Trust holds the practice of burdening students with excess homework responsible for this phenomenon.

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Ali Sethi's book has continued to retain its no.1 position in the fiction section.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/amartya-sen-top-author-of-the-week/99132-40.html

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TINY TOTS: Sen said it was shameful that tuitions existed at the primary stage of education in India.

Tuitions for kids shameful: Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen brought to light the pressure primary school children were under, attending private tutions.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tuitions-for-kids-shameful-amartya-sen/33395-3.html

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