Training a child.

Now a days, schooling became a hot topic in parents’ discussion. For many, a school with higher tuition fees automatically represents better education. Hence school fees are skyrocketing yearly.
Is the contention that higher fees represents better education, correct?
It is true that due to inflationary pressures and other influences, fees are increasing yearly. Some of the other reasons are the new private schools, equipment like virtual screens etc and exotic options like IB. Thus school fees are ranging from Rs 1000 to Rs 10000 or more per month. In addition there are other fees like infrastructure fees etc.
But is a consumer getting returns equal to the investment. Let see.

What does a child needs to understand and grow up as a responsible citizen. School provides a platform to mix with kids of similar age and help them understand the interactions. Thus some sort of school experience is desirable. More than this, what can one expect from a school platform, other than the peer interaction. 

This is a tricky question. Given a chance, I expect everything under the sun. Good coaching, good subject knowledge, tricks to clear competitive exams and the list goes on. Is this realistic?
Normal class has 30-40 students with 0-100% understanding / learning ability. As a matter of fact, teacher can target a group of middle 30-40% for instruction. This is reasonable. What will happen if one’s ward falls outside this band?

Also, school offers many additional items in which a child can participate. What should a parent do.
Ideal solution can be first understand the child. What are its strengths and weaknesses to get an approximate idea of what are the areas where a child can shine and where one needs polishing. This can be a starting point from where a parent can start one’s expectations/demands from school. 

 However, the exercise should be rational. To keep it rational, one can take the help of a close friend or a psychologist.

A child can be analysed on multiple intelligence framework. What types of intelligence a child displays. Check which traits you want to improve. Then make a plan for stressing those traits unobtrusively.

For example, if a child is a loner and a parent feels that he be introduced to group activities, a parent can gradually work on this aspect by encouraging him to participate in group activities in school, residential colony etc.

Thus it will be useful, to let the children experience and understand various skill sets. This will also help one to zero down on one;s liking and may be work on it in future.

Understand that this is a long exercise and patience is the most important thing in the process.

I tried this with my kids and results are satisfactory.