The Origin!
I was born and brought up in Latur, until Higher Secondary Education I studied in my home town, Latur. Latur is a city in Maharashtra State — the third biggest city of the Marathwada region in India. Latur is very known for its “Latur Pattern”.
Let me give a little insight into Latur and it’s specialty before I delve into the details of how this city has shaped me so far as a person. In Fact by the time I am done with explaining the details I am sure most of you will have an idea about me, probably my thought process and how I would have studied in my younger days. With that let me dig deeper and give you more insight into my city.
The students from all over Maharashtra rather India come here for their studies. When it comes to education Latur pattern of study is well known. The number of students who overall succeed is the largest from Latur itself.
This did not happen suddenly or by chance or accident. For over more than decade teachers and educational institutes in the Marathwada city have worked hard and evolved a system that has now come to be known as “The Latur Pattern”, which has helped a lot of students achieve tremendous success in many sectors. It’s not only the schools and colleges that provide coaching to students but also the private coaching classes as well.
It all started a few years ago when enthusiastic teachers were motivated to take education to rural parts of Marathwada. Teachers used to go around in rural areas back then to fetch good students for the college. A desire to bring the ‘backward’ Marathwada region in competition with education hubs like Pune and Mumbai also led the teachers to cut short their vacations and teach students. The ‘Latur Pattern’ is all about mastering the art of excelling in exams through repetitive practice of questions and going through mock tests for mental conditioning to face the exam pressure.
Special lectures are held for Class X during the summer vacation so that students have completed more than half the syllabus during the 45–50 day period. The remaining half is finished by October. Students’ understanding of a subject is constantly evaluated through weekly tests. Diwali vacations are also meant for special coaching sessions. Mock tests begin during these sessions and continue up to February when every student has solved at least 10 papers for each subject.
Every institution has some other special addition to this pattern. For example, Doubt solving sessions other than teaching hours, daily assignments based on the taught matter. Timely feedback of the teachers is being taken from the students so that teachers can improvise on teaching strategies.
In short, Latur started grabbing 90 percent of the open seats in professional colleges across the state year after year. There are other sides to this success story, too. Many times, coaching institutes have an understanding of colleges, which send their students for coaching and take care of their attendance. The colleges get fees and save resources on teaching staff while coaching institutes get assured enrollment of students.
The kind of educational atmosphere here promotes students to give their best. The encouraging teachers, the continuous feedback, and the analysis of teachers and students, both have made this possible. This attracted the teachers outside Latur to come here and start their coaching classes which further started adding to the success. Thus Latur emerges as a center for a good education.
I grew up in this same atmosphere and was experiencing this from my early childhood. My father, being a teacher, always had a discussion at home about competition amongst the students. This also gave me hints about the competition I was going to encounter in a few years. The discussions started to make me ready for this competition. When I actually started the crucial years of my educational life, I felt the competition at every step. I was able to handle the pressure due to the support of my family and teachers. I could pass that hurdle easily.
Not only in the educational sector but Latur is very famous for its food, clothes as well as religious places. The replica of Shirdi Saibaba Mandir, Ashtavinayk Mandir, and much more.
Ramesh ki Pani Puri is the one, no Laturkar can miss. The most famous sweet of Latur comes from Kisan Halwai Pedha and what not.
Latur is a very beautiful place to live if someone wants to take a break from the speedy city life.
