I agree—and disagree.

Yes, coaching institutes spend crazy money on ads. A front-page slot in The Hindu? About ₹10 lakh for just Delhi edition for one day. Nationwide? May be ₹20–30 lakh. No wonder politicians raise eyebrows.

But let’s be clear—students don’t join coaching by choice. They come because schools fail them. The system leaves them underprepared, and the competition is brutal. What else can they do?

So no, coaching isn’t the villain. It’s a symptom of a deeper rot: the collapse of our formal education system. The worse the schools get, the more coaching thrives.

Blaming coaching for the crisis is like blaming a painkiller for the pain. You want fewer coaching centres? Fix the schools. The demand for coaching will drop on its own.

- Nikhil

Also, just a fun side note—look at how differently Indian Express and The Hindu covered the same speech.

Indian Express did straight-up reporting. It laid out all the key points—coaching institutes, exam patterns, rote learning, child development, national education policy (NEP) —the whole package.

The Hindu, though? Total pick-and-choose vibes. They zoomed in on the anti-coaching parts and kinda skimmed over the bigger stuff about the overall mess in our education system. And it is also silent on NEP related points.

Makes you wonder—why such a different take on the same speech? Bias? Priorities? Editorial mood?

What do you think’s going on here?