Meet Nishi Kathuria, a postgraduate housewife at Kingsway Camp, who has been teaching primary students for the past three years charging a fees of Rs 600 to 1,000 per month. Though Kathuria's group of tiny tots do not hail from the families of working parents who usually turn to private tutors as they fail to spend enough time with their kids, she feels that parents shrug off their responsibility and pass them on to tutors. ``Most of these parents are educated and want their kids to do well. But they also admit that they do not want to burden themselves with teaching their kids,'' says Kathuria, who was a school teacher in Hyderabad 15 years back.

But Schanpreet Kaur, who tutors nursery and KG kids from her Model Town residence, doesn't agree. ``I feel that parents are not confident of the the education system in schools. Some schools teach rhymes, verbals and number tables in KG and not in nursery. However, parents, who see other schools in the neighbourhood imparting these lessons, also want their kids to start learning these things in nursery itself. We have to cater to their needs,'' says Kaur, who also teaches in a nursery school. And she charges around Rs 1500 for KG and Rs 1200 per month for nursery.