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In today’s digital age, education has become very easy and accessible for students across the country. You are getting the opportunity to learn from the best teachers of the country and the world at just one click from home. But amidst this digital revolution, a huge web of fraud and misleading advertisements is also spreading rapidly in the online coaching and e-learning markets. The internet is flooded with tempting offers like ‘Learn for just Rs 99’ or ‘Guaranteed government job at 90% discount’. In such a situation, students need to be very cautious to avoid wasting their time and money by falling into the trap of cheap online courses. Before investing money on any online platform, you must ask yourself three very important questions.
First question: What is the real qualification and credibility of the faculty selling the course?
Before getting attracted by seeing advertisements of cheap online courses, the first and most important question to ask is what is the track record of the person who is going to teach you. Many times, there are untrained and inexperienced people behind big advertisements, who make ends meet only by reading PPT. Before purchasing a course, look at the reviews of past students of that institute, go through the demo videos of the faculty carefully and ensure that the teacher has ground and practical experience in the subject.
Second question: Does the course content come with modern and live doubt solving support?
Often, in very low cost courses, old recorded videos are given, which have nothing to do with the current exam pattern or modern syllabus. So ask yourself this question, will you get live classes in this course? Is there any option of ‘Live Doubt Solving’ or Mentorship to clear the questions and doubts that arise in your mind? If any coaching is giving only recorded videos and there is no one to listen to your problems, then such a course can prove to be completely useless for you.
Third question: Is there any hidden fee or any other hidden charge in the name of the course?
In the online Edu-Tech industry, many times the starting price is shown very low, but after joining the course, separate money is asked in the name of study material, test series, mock test or certificate. Before taking admission, read the terms and conditions of the institute carefully. Along with this, also find out whether there is any provision of refund policy if you do not like the course or not.
It is important to follow government guidelines at local and regional level.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Department of Education, Government of India have recently issued strict guidelines against misleading advertisements and coaching centers. Whether you are studying online living in Delhi, Patna, Jaipur, Lucknow or any other small or big city or rural area of the country, it is very important for you to know that no coaching institute can give you 100% selection or false guarantee of job. If any platform makes such a claim, it is legally wrong and you can also lodge a complaint on the National Consumer Helpline.
How to choose the best online coaching in the era of generative AI and modern search
In today’s era of modern Generative AI (GEO) and digital tools, choosing the right and reliable coaching has become quite easy. Before purchasing any course, students can search for the unbiased rating, shortcomings and strengths of that institute on various AI search engines. Experts believe that investing in education is a question of your future, so do not risk your hard-earned money and precious time on any unverified app or website just because of the “cheap price”.