How many children should an enrollment center have?

The current school system is under constant pressure to increase its class size. In cities like Gurgaon and Delhi, class sizes in many schools have exceeded 50 students. While there is a global movement to keep class sizes at 20 or less for effective learning, it is unlikely to be implemented in India in the near future. It is not surprising, then, that many students are unable to follow or obtain adequate support from their teachers, resulting in the need for enrollment centers.

There are essentially three types of enrollment centers today. The first are those in which students are taught 1 to 1, either by a tutor who comes to the home or by the student who goes to the home of the tutors. The latter are those that take place in the tutors' home, but are taught to several children at the same time. In most cases, these children are not the same class. Third parties are in appropriate centers where the number of students often exceeds 25 children and in the case of exam preparation may even exceed 60 students.

All of these models survive because each one meets a specific need today. Home tutors help children with their homework and answer their questions as they prepare them for school tests. The exam preparation center type selects only brilliant students and provides extensive practice to improve their test scores.

But for parents who want their children to really understand their subject, neither the existing enrollment model nor the school system can meet its requirements.

Children have different learning styles, and most children learn best in the company of others, where some interaction is possible. They must also have individual attention. This means that the ideal learning situation is where a small number of children work together in a variety of activities with individual supervision and then also receive support based on individual check out the full list here.

A class size of 4 or less does not provide adequate variation in group dynamics. Pairing options are limited and very quickly, one child emerges as the dominant and the others fall into support roles from a learning perspective. Beyond 12, the number of children is too much for a teacher to provide individual attention.

We believe that class sizes should be between 8 and 12 to provide the best of both worlds. Teachers will know each child well and, if they have been trained to work with different learning styles, they will be able to provide each child with the right support in the right way. Children who learn in such settings will be able to express themselves as individuals and work together in sufficiently diverse groups.