Home Tuition in Singapore
Home tuition is incredibly popular these days as more and more parents engage home tutors to help their children excel in school. With home tuition, the whole learning process is geared towards your child in a one-to-one learning environment. The home tutor is able to work out a unique and customized curriculum to suit the needs of your child, and develop a teaching method which works best for him or her.
Why Choose Home Tuition?
Close and personal attention
- Home tuition: 1 tutor to 1 student
- Tuition centres: 8 - 20 students per class
- School: 20 - 40 students per class
More interaction between tutors and students
- Students are less likely to feel shy.
- They are more likely to ask tutors questions and learn better.
- They would not be afraid of being teased by their friends.
- Schools/Tuition centres: Students may face peer pressure when asking questions in class.
Focus on weaknesses
- Tutors can focus on students weaknesses.
- Tuition centres: Tutors can only manage to focus on weaknesses of each student if the group is small enough.
- Schools: It is very difficult for the teacher to focus on each child individually due to big class size.
Step-by-Step guidance
- Tutors can teach the students from the basics.
- Students are ensured of their understanding before proceeding to the next chapter.
- Tuition centres: Students may face difficulty in catching up with the syllabus in class if the students were to join a class which has already commenced for some time.
- Schools: Teachers teach according to the timeline given by the principal or the Head of Department. Most of the time, they can only ensure that the majority of the students in class understand the lessons.
Save travelling time, energy and cost
- Parents & children can save time and energy in travelling.
- Students only have to wait at home for their tutors to arrive.
- At tuition centres:
+ Children may need to be sent to far-located tuition centres.
+ Children may need to be picked-up from the tuition centres and parents need to wait
outside for them.
+ Traffic jams may be encountered.
Replacement/Additional lessons can be arranged
- Replacement/Additional lessons can be arranged with the tutor if required.
- Ensure students understanding before proceeding to the next chapter.
- At tuition centres:
+ May not have replacement class.
+ No additional classes.
+ Tuition fees are wasted if classes are missed.
+ Students may face difficulty in understanding or catching up with the syllabus if they miss
classes.
Students pay more attention
- Students are less likely to be distracted by other factors.
- They are able to pay more attention during lesson in a more comfortable learning environment.
+ Students may be chatting with friends during lessons.
+ The class may be too noisy.
+ Students may be sleeping or dreaming during lessons.
Mistakes are corrected on the spot
- Tutors can correct students mistakes on the spot.
- Students will less likely repeat the same mistakes.
- Schools/Tuition centres:
+ Some teachers do not mark students work due to lack of time or laziness.
+ Students will not know their mistakes unless they ask the teachers.
+ Some teachers just prepare & distribute solutions to students and ask them to mark or go through on their own.
+ Students may not understand the solutions or may not know why their answers are wrong.
Flexible timing
- You can choose your preferred day & timing for tuition.
- Tuition centres: Limited choices of days & timings.
Can choose tutor
- Students can choose tutor based on their gender, qualification, experience, etc.
- Tuition centres:
+ You may not know the qualifications and experience of the tutors.
+ Tuition centres can hire part-time inexperienced tutors in order to save cost.
+ Tuition centres can change their tutors anytime.