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Increased competition to get seats into reputed colleges has given rise private coaching institutes in India. They prepare students for not only engineering, medical, MBA, SAT, GRE, banking jobs' entrance tests, but also teach subjects like English for employment in India and abroad.
A 2013 survey by ASSOCHAM predicted the size of private coaching industry to be $40 billion, or Rs 2.39 lakh crore in 2015.
Kota in Rajasthan is the called the capital of engineering and medical colleges' entrance's coaching sector. In Punjab English language is taught by coaching institutes for foreign visa aspirants to get the right IELTS score for their applications. Mukherjee Nagar and Old Rajinder Nagar in Delhi are considered the hub for UPSC Civil Services Examination coaching. To compete in these exams, Center and some state governments also provide free coaching to students, especially to students from minority communities.
Coaching classes are blamed for the neglect of school education by students.