chennai recently pranav varnasi and a few school mates pulled an allnighter and their parents were all game for it for the class xii students were not up to any fun and frolic but grappling with numbers and mastering theories of economicswe finished about five chapters and the class was actually interesting says varnasi who attended a 11pm to 5am session at his tuition centre i did feel a bit tired after some time but was fine after i took a strollwith the board exam round the corner its not just students but also tutors who are burning the midnight oil parents are hiring home tutors so that they can coach the students late into the night or early in the morning and some tutors like manohar bernard who has his own centre in adyar gets his students to work through the night once in a while so that they can cover more portions with easei started doing night tuitions for college students who wanted lastminute coaching to clear their papers says bernard who teaches economics statistics and accountancy for the last few years he has been holding these night sessions once in a while for even class xii studentsi used to message my students late at night about the next days classes and would get replies promptly so i realised many of them stay up late he says adding that after spending the entire day in school most children are tired when they come for tuition in the evening my classes are twice a week in the day time but in february before the board exams start i hold one class from 11pm to 5am he says we cover in one night what we usually do in four classes the children usually rest in the evening and come fresh regular breaks are also given with food ordered in many parents are open to it he says some students come from far off places so it is easier for the parents to come and pick up their children in the morning rather than late at night says bernard services that provide home tutors also say that they get many requests for teachers who are willing to stay back late during exam time our tutors are all schoolteachers with five to 10 years of experience parents usually want them to teach late at night or even go to their homes by 5am says r mareeswaran who runs eas academy k chiranjivi reddy who runs k v r educational services has about 500 tutors on his rolls parents want teachers who can go even at 10pm as the children are already going to other tuition centres during the day says reddyvilluri sudheer 37 who teaches chemistry says that some parents request him to stay overnight once i stayed for three days with a student who was scoring very poorly he says even now he uses skype to tutor his students at night three or four students gather in one persons place and