Tutoring

It is undeniable that our classrooms in local schools are overcrowded, that the teachers are overloaded with work and the students are overtaxed by the demands of the curriculum, the syllabus and the system. So how does ‘tutoring’ feature in the madness of the Malaysian education system?

WT decided on a career in Chemistry not because of her Chemistry teacher in school but because of the interest instilled into her by her Chemistry tutor. KH would have been hopeless at Maths if not for the extra tutorial classes which were systematically taught. KV was heading to becoming the school bum while YC would have been the school bully if not for the intervention of the tutor.

These are merely a few examples to show that tuition has a major role to play in the lives of students. When school is a necessity, tuition is an option which should nurture, mould and inspire the student to be better than what he can be in the field that he has chosen to go for tuition classes.

Because classrooms are overcrowded, tuition classes should cater to smaller groups at any one time. It should be interactive, allowing students to ask questions and aspire for knowledge and information that go further than the prescribed textbooks in schools.

Because teachers in schools are overloaded with work, it is the tutor who knows more about the idiosyncrasies of each student under her care, especially in their growing impressionistic years.

Because students are overtaxed with an unending amount of work, tuition classes should be seen as places where they can excel with the minimal demands put on them.

Thus parents should choose wisely a tuition class for the children so that the experienced tutor will be faced with greater challenges!