In a Straits Times report dated 17 June 2008 titled "Tuition Nation" by Mavis Toh, there were pupils in primary school who had up to 3 tutors for coaching different subjects. There were those who enrolled their children to several tuition centres with total monthly tuition fees adding up to $3000.
Tuition is treated as a necessity, otherwise, as one parent who is an accountant remarked, "the child will lag behind their classmates as they all had engaged tutors too". This pretty much sums up the main concerns of parents in this day and age; where the practice of hiring tutors is prevalent enough to have Singapore labelled as a "tuition nation". Even children in the infancy stage of learning at kindergarten and nursery level were signed up for tuition as well. It has become a "syndrome" of sorts.
The survey also revealed that those without private tuition were a minority. About half had private tutors while the rest attended tuition classes at tuition centres. Private tuition did help students who were slower or shy in class and the survey also showed that the majority of the students found tuition to be useful or even enjoyable. Over the years, with the demanding school syllabus, home tuition has become a necessity.
- 1 to 1 individual attention compared to large classes in schools and tuition centres.
- Convenience and flexible time. Your child need not go anywhere else. He/she may have tuition at a time which suits you the best at home.
- Having an inspiring role model. A good tutor will be able to inspire your child to work hard towards his/her studies. He/she would be able to provide mental motivation to your child.
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