Live free classes are hard to believe. Live free classes must have teachers spending time with students sharing their knowledge in a beneficial manner. Will anyone be ready to spend time for free all the time? Someone with a great altruistic attitude may offer live free classes on a regular basis to deserving students. Such classes are rare and not open to all. The thumb rule is there is nothing free in this world!
Yes, there is indeed a buzz about life free classes. Most of the edupreneurs in the online education segment do offer free demo classes to students as part of their marketing and sales activity. This helps students to get a first hand experience of the classes. This helps them to decide the right online class for them. Students may get 2-3 live free classes before deciding.
Students of class 10 can request for live free classes of grade 10. Students of 12th grade can ask for live free classes of class 12. Students looking for Maths classes can ask for live free maths classes. It holds good for science, English and other subjects too. Tutors either give recorded classes held before or arrange a demo class. They may at times allow the prospective student to attend the class of a running batch.
Ye, there are live classes given to students at throw away prices. We often come across providers offering live classes as low as INR 15/session. We can call this as live classes, almost free. This works only when the batch has a huge number of students. These could even be hundreds of students. Effectiveness of such classes is always a question. It would be more like a delivery of a lecturer or a one-sided communication.
Schools usually give live free classes to facilitate learning in a better way. Here the reference is on the online live free classes. As we know the private schools collect fees from students for the overall education process. the live free classes given in a part and parcel of the total teaching intervention. Hence, we can not strictly call it as live free classes.
There is another scenario, where teachers conduct extra live free classes for students with an intention to complete the syllabus. It usually happens during exam time. These classes may be referred to as ‘live free classes’
At university level, education becomes a little more serious affair. Students are matured. Teachers often conduct classes and small group discussions of interested students to facilitate learning.
As I mentioned earlier, altruism is the only driving force, if you find any true live free classes. Khan’s Academy is a great example of such an initiative. Students get the entire classes free of cost. Salman Khan, the founder of Khan's Academy is an educationist who wishes to make education accessible for the marginalised.Khan is not the only exception. There are educators and teachers with a vision to give back to the society by serving the rural and not so privileged students education free of cost. They have great commitment to their mission and are committed to the cause.
In general, live free classes are a myth. A marketing tool used by educators and edupreneurs. The only exception is the offering on a philanthropic consideration.That can not be considered a norm.
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