Almost every kid
has a personal tutor coaching them in their school work and preparing them for
exams. More parents are engaging private tutors for their children, either
because they do not have time to coach their children or they do not know the current
educational curriculum. Therefore many engage undergraduates, graduates or
full-time tutors to go their houses for private coaching.
Today, parents
are placing more pressure on their children as they understand the
competitiveness of society. If their children lag behind in their studies, they
are bound to be eliminated from society because reality is cruel. Even though
every child is given equal opportunity in schools, but they still have to do
extremely well to stand out from the crowd. Parents are no longer satisfied
with marks in the band 2 range; they want their children to score a high Band
1, to be top 3 in class, etc. They want their kids to learn faster than the
school curriculum so that their children can score in school assessments as their
private tutors have already taught them. Therefore this explains the rise in
home tuition agency , parents are not only demanding their children to do well
but also demanding the tutors to make sure their kids do well. Private tutors
now must have good academic records and experience, in order to be selected for
assignments.
Nowadays,
demands for home tuition way exceed
the supply of private tutors, this result in higher tuition rates. The average
market rate is about $20 per hour for primary level. Private tutors, especially
the undergraduates are also demanding such rate, tuition assignments with rates
below $20 will probably be lowly looked upon by the undergraduates. However,
home tuition is only available to those who are willing to pay, mainly the
middle and higher income families. These parents are more highly educated, thus
they place more emphasis on their children academic achievements. Not only
focusing on their academic sphere, parents also sign up other educational
courses such as speech and drama for their children. They hope to give their
children a more holistic development. Learning starts from young, thus for many
children, home tuition is provided to them when they are in their lower primary
level. There is a need to strengthen the children foundation on subjects such
as English and Mathematics from young because as their educational level
increase, the problem sums will only get harder. Thus it is important to have
strong foundation.
Home tuition is
more popular than tuition centers because home tuition is usually engaged
within the premises of the children and it is more of a 1-1 basis, unlike tuition Singapore ,
where students are placed in group tuition. Every child has different learning
abilities, if placed in group tuition, the child may not be given full
attention by the tutor and may either hasten or slow down the tuition rate.
This will definitely not help the child in his/her academic pursue. Also, some
children are too shy to speak up in group tuition and may be overshadowed by
other outspoken children. Thus engaging in home tuition will be a much wiser
choice for most parents.
