A student from Majitha, near Amritsar, came to us two years ago, already enrolled somewhere else. He had paid the full fee before attending a single actual class — he had watched a demo, liked it, and handed over the money. Within three weeks he knew he had made a mistake. The trainer in the demo was not the trainer who took his batch. The course content was different from the brochure. And when he asked for a refund, the institute gave him a long speech about commitment.
That story is not rare. Every year, around admission time, we meet students and parents who paid first and asked questions later. So here are the questions worth asking on a demo class, before you pay anything. They are not the usual questions — not "how many students do you place?" or "is the certificate valid?" Those are for later. These four are for the demo itself.
Who teaches the demo — and who teaches your batch
A demo class is a performance. The institute puts its best trainer in front of you, with the best slides and the easiest project. That is not dishonest; it is marketing. But you need to know the difference between the person on stage and the person who will actually teach you.
Ask directly: "Will this trainer be my trainer for the whole course?" Listen to the exact words. "Usually yes" is not a yes. "We have a team of trainers" is not a yes. The only acceptable answer is a clear "yes, the same person will take your batch" — and even then, ask to meet that trainer separately.
We have seen students who had a different trainer in the demo and a different one in the first class. The demo trainer was patient and explained everything slowly. The real trainer spoke fast and assumed you had already read the material. The student felt cheated, and honestly, they had a reason to. It was not that the real trainer was bad — it was that no one had told the student what to expect.
Also ask: "How many students will be in my batch?" The demo might have five people. The real batch might have thirty. A trainer who seemed attentive in the demo will not have the same attention for thirty students. Ask for the batch size in writing.
What you will build, not what you will learn
A syllabus is a list of words — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React. To a beginner, that means nothing. Instead, ask: "What is the first thing I will build?" and "What is the final project?"
Ask to see a student's actual work, not the demo project. If they show you a portfolio, look at the dates. Is that work from last month or last year? Ask to speak to the student who
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Come and sit a class before you decide
Reading about it only gets you so far. Pick a day, sit in on a class that is already running, write some code, and talk to the students in it. Free, and nothing to pay afterwards unless you want to join.