Sir: The coaching fad that has penetrated our society has provided a good platform for teachers-cum-businessmen. Taking advantage of the impatience of every student at the matriculation or intermediate level to achieve high scores, coaching centres attract them by displaying some of the achievements of previous students, thereafter charging them with high admission fees. Students are then held hostage after making the payments and are left with no option other than to quietly follow the schedule dictated by the respective administrations. Teachers at coaching sessions usually come late and if they come on time then they go early because they have to make money by teaching in colleges and other coaching centres as well. When exams approach, teachers go unusually fast and arrange extra classes at inconvenient times. Students have to bear overwhelming tension in their heads as they sit on uncomfortable benches for hours trying not to lose their attention, whereas during this time they should be revising their syllabus. Consequently, with an amalgam of disrupted mental and physical health, they take exams, ending up with bad grades. These coaching sessions have less to do with education and more to do with business. ANIQA RAHATLahore