Mukherjee Nagar, Popularly Known for SSC CGL Preparation, is a place in northern Delhi. It is located near GTB Nagar metro station of Yellow line. It is also known as

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. The place is a prominent commercial location for hundreds of private institutions that provide coaching for UPSC and SSC entrance exams. It is considered one of the two hubs of coaching institutes in Delhi, the other being in Rajendra Nagar, Delhi. Unlike other big players in the industry of educational coaching in India, which prepare students for admissions in institutes for higher education, most institutes in Mukherjee Nagar are government job oriented.

Protests

Filled with a huge number of aspirants and students, Mukherjee Nagar has been the epicenter of many student agendas and protests, especially against UPSC (2013) and against SSC (2017) both of which spread quickly nationwide, and led to involvement of Government of India either in form of Judicial activism in the former, or involving inspection by CBI in the latter.

Connectivity

Mukherjee Nagar is not directly on any metro line. It is connected to Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar(GTB nagar) on the south, GT Karnal Road on the north,

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colony on the west and Yamuna River on the east by road. There is no railway station or railway line passing through it. The nearest metro station to Mukherjee Nagar is Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar.

Decline

For the past 2 years, Mukherjee Nagar has been experiencing a decrease in the influx of students. Big Players of the region, including 'Paramount Coaching' and 'KD Campus' are experiencing a decline in business. Many of the institutes and "star faculties" have switched to either

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, or online mode of teaching. The main reasons behind this trend in recent years are the land ceilings by

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, 2016 Indian banknote demonetization and prolonged court cases regarding CGL exams since 2013. The other subsidiary businesses associated and dependent on coaching industries have also felt the impact and have led to an increase in unemployment in teachers and staff alike. These subsidiary businesses include

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and book shops. On the contrary, there is one branch of the business that bloomed. This includes online test-series, YouTube channels, live-classes and other learning management systems. This encourages cheaper/free education and resource material for students. However, unlike classroom courses, as the

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is virtually missing in these new emerging modes of knowledge transmission, it also leaves the students prone to inaccurate information and/or non-directional preparation. Coaching Industry of Mukherjee Nagar and other parts of Delhi were severely impacted in 2020 because of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

References

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