“We anticipate the education minister will make an announcement by the end of this month” said İbrahim Taşel , vice chairman of TÖDER , another sector association . He said he hoped the solution to be presented would consider current employees , noting that after the elimination of the high school entrance exam , known as the SBS , the teachers working in the field had already moved to different alternatives .There were 4,055 firms offering private tutoring services in Turkey and more than 1.2 million students attended private tutoring courses in 2011 . The number of such schools was only 1,730 in 2000, with 174,496 students, according to a TOBB report . (source www.hurriyetdailynews.com)
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Kota : Where Dreams Come True !
Every year more than 50,000 high school students converge to Kota, the capital of India’s private tuition industry after their 10th grade exams. Intensive coaching programmes at the private institutes in Kota, which last over two years, prepares them to crack the tough entrances to the prestigious engineering and medical colleges. The cram schools have become a magnet for tens of thousands of mostly middle class families.
Nanyang Street , ένα Ρομαντικό Φίλμ στην Οδό των Φροντιστών
The sweet love story, directed by Hou Chi-jan (侯季然), takes place at Taipei’s famous cram school district , Nanyang Street (南陽街), where two people, heartbroken from their previous relationships where they were each dumped via post-its, meet and fall in love ! The Nanyang Street , synonymous with “cram” culture in Taiwan , is renowned both domestically and internationally. BBC once covered the math education in Taiwan , and the Nanyang Street was featured in that story, which introduced to the world its peculiar buxiban culture.(source China Post)