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Friday, May 27, 2005

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Moulding the `complete' student

Staff Reporter

For Sri Chaitanya director, mere coaching won't suffice

HYDERABAD: Concept-based teaching and not just coaching helps students come out with flying colours at the national level, feels B.S. Rao, Director, Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions.

The dominance of students from the State in technical and professional courses bear testimony to this, he says.

"Coaching is an old theory. But our concept creates a complete student and that is the strength of our institutions," he says. Dr. Rao, a doctor with work experience in African and UK, set up Sri Chaitanya institutions with the same belief. Dr. Rao feels that teaching is just a part of creating confidence among the students that they can excel.

He points out that his institution's popularity did not come easily. "I spend the whole day on the campus. My residence is also on the campus, so that I can monitor students on a regular basis.It is like a parent-children relationship,"he says.

Hats off to teachers

He attributes the success to teachers who are regularly updated on the latest teaching methods. "Refresher courses are common in our institutions. And that makes the difference," says the doctor. Doesn't he think the students should also get the credit? "If one student secures a rank the credit goes to him and if five students get ranks the college should also get credit," says the physician-turned-educationist. Dr. Rao feels the State students have tremendous potential to get into IITs and other national medical institutions. "Getting into IITs is no more a fantasy thanks to quality teaching offered by the colleges like ours. But a lot can be done to explore talent in towns and rural areas," he says. He thinks parents need to be advised about the opportunities in Bi.PC stream too. "A degree in MBBS is not the only option. There are other courses like pharmacy and biotech," he says arguing that it is easier for a pharmacist to go to the US than an MBBS degree-holder.

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