The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha provides a variety of academic assistance initiatives to help children develop a solid foundation upon which to build their academic careers. The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha offers academic tuitions, standardized test preparation courses, and study skills seminars that teach children the basics, such as note-taking, effective study habits, and reading comprehension. Tuitions are offered in math, English, language, literature and composition, social studies, and history. Standardized test preparation courses for middle school and high school entrance exams help students secure admission to some of the best institutions of higher learning. These classes are taught by certified teachers and tutors at BAPS centers across the world, free of charge. Students greatly benefit from these initiatives that are not otherwise readily available or affordable for many of them. Sanjay Solanki of Rajkot, India, says he could not have done it without BAPS: “There was no way I could have afforded these classes. There was also no way I would have passed without them. BAPS knows what students need!”