mumbai even as coaching classes have gone to operating roundtheclock they say that the request for it came from students and parents who felt they wanted to prepare harder for the upcoming jee exams after learning online for two years in a solitary environment students have opted for inperson education and community learning while some wanted intensive coaching for others it was about clarifying doubts taking more tests said praveen tyagi founder of iitians pacewhile there were about 10000 students on the rolls of this academy before the pandemic that number was crossed last month even as enrolments will continue for another few weeks similar to his idea gyanmandir coaching class runs abhyaas mitras study with a senior for all its students essentially since the last six months after the class ends the students wait back study with a mentor complete their homework take a small test and then go home said owner of the class pradeep zore the concept is being adopted by several tutorials which are finding students returning to class with learning gaps and misplaced concepts students who were online in class viii and ix have entered grade x with so much catching up to do said vicepresident of maharashtra coaching classes owners association prajesh trotsky it is not just senior students who are facing challenges there are those at the elementary level who have never really written and entered grade two or three the weekends are being put to use to identify areas that need working ontrotsky who acknowledged that tutorials were back on their feet with more signups were hiring faculty and purchasing additional infrastructure said they would have to step up to face great challenges students and parents have realised online teaching can be a stopgap arrangement it can act as teaching aid or backup for a missed class or for revision but the energy a teacher a guru exudes is only possible in a physical space he said at study circle ca aspirants will undergo a bridge programme before they start preparing for the professional course class xii graduates of class 2022 didnt take a class x exam and the last two years were online students do not know the basics of accounting mathematics and they have lost the habit of writing this course will help them come to speed with the level they are expected to have before they start the ca course said jinesh shah owner of study circleand candidates who lost timestamps of their academic journey in the past two years felt it was time to exercise their mental reflexes long unused probably hence even edtech firms founded on the premise that online education was here to stay have also sensed the postpandemic longing among students to learn via the oldfashioned facetoface method and turned to brickandmortar classrooms and classes that were forced to turn to wired teaching during the lockdowns have not dismantled their zoom classes but thats for solving latenight doubts or for extra sessions almost everyone is