Aakash Coaching Institute is scared of sharing data about its roll and qualifying students
Aakash Coaching Institute is scared of sharing data about its roll and qualifying students
Srinagar, Apr 27, KNT: We frequently hear that the government declined to share the data in the interest of the nation and in the name of national security it refuses to reveal information even when the applicant seeks so under the Right to Information Act. But in Kashmir Valley, even coaching centres have started hiding the information to conceal what in Urdu is called the ‘Naakaami’.
The news agency Kashmir News Trust approached various coaching centres seeking data about their pass percentage in NEET and JEE and their total roll.
Some coaching centres mostly locals responded in the affirmative, however, most of the franchises refused to share the data.
A coaching centre in Kashmir where two or three out of 500 or 1000 odd students qualify for the NEET or other competitive examinations glorifies their achievements through advertisements.
Aakash Institute which runs a couple of centres in Kashmir capital Srinagar declined to divulge information about their achievement. When asked about the total number of students admitted to the institute and the total number of students who qualified in the examination, one of the officials of Aakash Mr Waseem said they can share the data only after getting consent from the corporate office.
After a couple of days, the official of the Aakash Institute informed the KNT that they couldn’t share the data.
“We can’t share the data. You write what you have to write,” said the official.
“Nobody should feel ashamed or threatened if his or her dealings are fair, but to conceal the details that too about the achievements is something which raises several questions,” said parents who are keen to get their ward admitted in the coaching institute.
Most of the Coaching Centres in Kashmir hide their failures by issuing advertisements in publications and social media and Aakash is one of them.
Recently, it opened up a branch in Baramulla making tall claims about its achievements.
One or two even three students out of 100 or 1000 qualifying the NEET is not a big achievement but in Valley, these coaching centres present a rosy picture through billboards and front-page advertisements. “It’s high time for the parents to invest their hard-earned money in those centres which deliver and not in those coaching centres that have become household names because of the money power. [KNT]
