If  you have many activities planned, you need to have a strategy in place to manage those swimming classes in the morning, extra study hours post school and piano/hobby classes in the evening . This is where your tutor and your response to him or her can help  you.

• Treat your tutor the way you treat your school teacher . Be punctual. Take your time with him or her seriously and get all your assignments done.
• Feel free to clear any doubts you have.
• Tuition/coaching can be difficult for some, but it s all up to you. pay attention and concentrate.
• A tuition centre is also a place where you meet students from other schools.  keep track of what and how others are being taught . Go through their notes, question papers, projects etc, to know more about the subject and new ways to learn it.

When Mansi  Gupta,former regional manager of HDFC  Bank saw around 95 per cent of the candidates being rejected during interviews at the bank year after year ,due to problems in communication and personality projection, she decided to set up a grooming school.The school focuses on arming students with confidence , communication skills and business etiquette.

“It was heartbreaking to see candidates being rejected because they could not impress the interviewers,”said Gupta adding, “It was then that the need for a training institute struck me . A place where students  would be taught how to face an interview .”

To day , her  school trains people not only on how to conduct themselves but also on how to carry themselves in their day-to-day lives. She is not alone in her endeavour .

Says Pria  Warrick , “Most people assume that anyone with a degree in IT or law can make it. But statistics reveal that you require  15 percent technical skills and 85 percent of a mix of  social , business and dining etiquette to advance in your career or personal life .”

So what do these grooming institutes teach a student and why are interviewees rejected ? According to Nishant Saxena there are several reasons why an interview can be rejected .”The  first could be their inability to listen properly because instead of  concentrating on the question till the end, they start thinking of the answer and end up giving an inappropriate response .Then, there may be a problem in their attitude , inability to handle  the interview.”

Therefore teaching conversational English is a prime focus area. Students also get a  hands-on experience in the corporate world . Says priyanka Batra, a young student who took a grooming course , “It s just a short programme (six months) but it  has changed my life and my persona.”