More and more college students are outsourcing their project work to save time, so that they can focus on their studies and prepare well for exams.
Students from engineering, diploma, and arts and science colleges are outsourcing their project work to trained professionals.
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In every undergraduate degree, a student has to pursue a project in the final semester of the course. Students get anything between one and three months to complete the project. And, these projects require field work, literature study, performing experiments and preparing a thesis on the research work.
In an attempt to take the shortcut, many students approach these project training institutes to help them out with the project. These professionals help students with everything in the project.
We do projects for arts and science, diploma and engineering students. Almost 50% of our crowd is from arts and science colleges because they do their projects individually. The rest is engineering and diploma students. However, engineering students usually pay more for a project, compared to arts and science students.
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“Students approach us with an idea. We will study the idea, and if it is workable, we will promise them a time frame and deliver the project. We will first chart a plan depending on the time limit, then carry out the experiments or prepare the working model, record necessary data, tabulate them, prepare the thesis and hand over the entire content to the students. We also prepare the power-point presentations for the students before the review.
Some institutes do not like whiling away time searching for ideas. “The season for the projects begins in November every year, and it is dull for us between June and November. So, we utilise this time to chalk out ideas for the projects. We track the concepts trending in different fields, and keep the ideas ready. Mostly our ideas and students’ expectations match when they approach us. This gives us a headstart, and helps us deliver the projects on time,” says a professional
We have seen arts and science students approach us just a day before the last date of submission of the thesis. We are prepared for such situations too, and deliver the project.
The cost of outsourcing projects has skyrocketed over the years. Regular project work is now compelling parents to send their children for tutorials, giving rise to a new cottage industry.
Meenakshi Chirawawala, a professional who compiles school projects, charged a student Rs 26,000 for an assignment recently. “The student was one of the top scorers in his class and wanted to secure high marks in the assignment. His mother, a resident of Juhu, just asked me to spruce up the task. I not only researched into the topics given to students, but also included a lot of craftwork.” she said.
The task of embellishing the project work involves making it more colourful; the use of various types of inks and papers increases its cost, say experts. Moreover, parents demand that the professionals make the “best project”. Atit Shah, an engineering student who coaches students in preparing projects, said, “I charge Rs 5,000 a month for nearly 10 sessions. Students have to complete projects in every subject, therefore, parents are seeking professional help to train them. We guide students in compiling matter and different forms of presentation.” Shah’s services as a “project assistant” are listed in business directories.
With all the education boards earmarking 20 marks in each subject for internal projects, the demand for good project work guides has gone up. “Currently, students have to secure a minimum score of 90% to get admission into any of the top-rung city colleges. Students in Std X also unable to meet the submission deadlines with more emphasis on studies. Parents want their wards to bag top scores and leave no stone unturned,” Chirawawala added.
For a parent of a Std X boy, the amount spent on projects has become an integral part of their monthly budget. A parent of a child who studies in an ICSE school in central Mumbai said, “The project work is spread across the academic year. We end up spending between Rs 7,000 and Rs 15,000 per month. Students do not have the time to work on these projects ahead of the board exam. We treat the money spent on outsourcing project work as tuition expenses.”
The project work involves research and then summarizing the findings. Once the guide has finished the assignment, students have to merely write it in their handwriting. One school directed students to visit nationalized, private and foreign banks and then asked them to compare the fixed deposit interest rates. The guides ensured that different projects are compiled on the topic for submission.
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