Why Home Tuition is Important in Singapore’s Education System

It is very common for parents in Singapore to engage a private tutor to guide their child with their school homework.  This is because of the competitive environment that the students are facing in school to excel in their studies. Such pressure to perform well adds to the need for parents to seek external help to give their child more confidence in their revision.

In the students’ daily routine in school, they could seem to understand what was taught in school. However, a week has passed and they could have forgotten certain concepts or theories. As a student, he could be too shy to speak up in class and ask the teacher for help. Hence, his weekly tuition classes would play a part in assisting his revision. On a one to one home tuition with a private tutor, more attention will be given to the child and it will be easier for him to raise questions that he did not understand during his lessons taught in school. Consistent weekly home tuition lessons build a child’s confidence in his weaker subjects and enable him to cope better with learning new topics in school.

A home tutor is more like an informal teacher to the child as compared to his form teacher in school. Therefore, the child is more open to sharing problems he faced in school and what are the areas of the subject that he would need more coaching on. These precious time spend on tuition also eases the parents’ burden and worries as their child is now in good hands and guidance. During tuition lessons, the parents can also have some time off to rest or simply enjoy their own leisure time.

In addition, home tuition helps students to prepare ahead for their lessons before they start classes in school. This means that the tutor will be able to give an overview of a new topic and go through the key points with the student. In this way, attending classes in school will act as a form of revision for students. During examination periods, extra tuition classes act as a form of consistent revision for the child and boost his confidence in handling the examination papers.

We are very blessed to have many tuition agencies in Singapore for parents to easily seek help in guiding their children’s studies. There are many measures implemented by the government to regulate tuition agencies in order to produce home tutors that are highly qualified and committed to their tuition assignments. Through the tuition agencies’ websites, parents can get a better view of how the tuition fees of the hourly tuition classes and also the wide list of profile of home tutors that they could select for their child. Based on their own preferences and timing, they could easily list out a few suitable candidates of their choice. Some tutors even offer complementary classes for parents and students to try out before committing themselves into engaging them. Nevertheless, technology and progression have made the process of selecting a suitable tutor effectively and conveniently.

This article was wrote by a full time home tutor: Kristin Soo. She is a full time tutor. She offered home tuition for primary and secondary school students. If you are a full time tutor and wish to look for more tuition assignments, you may fill out the Home Tutor Application.

Release of 2009 PSLE Examination Results

Dear pupils and parents,

Let’s count down…4, 3, 2, 1 ……..

MOE has announced that the result of 2009 Primary School Leaving Examination will be released on 26 November 2009. Pupils will obtain their result slips from their respective schools from 12 noon on 26 Nov.

On 26 November, eligible pupils will also receive from their respective primary schools, their option forms to select secondary schools. Pupils are have to pass the option forms to their parents.

Yeah! Parents can finally put a fullstops for their child primary school education. And preparing for the secondary education for the kid.

As a parent, we spent uncountable time, money and other resources to the kid, of course we wish our kids can score well in PSLE and get into the ideal school and course. Congratulation! If your child can get the result you want, keep it up in the secondary school education.

What if the kid disappointed you? Does that mean your kid is the loser in PSLE? NO…
There are no loser in this world, either you win the game or you learn something from the game. Never ever have a thought about losing.

Primary School Leaving Examination

PSLE stands for Primary School Leaving Examination. It is a national examination in Singapore. The PSLE examination is a yearly examination given in Singapore. The examination is taken by pupils at the end of their sixth year in primary school, generally taken around the age of twelve, although there are exceptions based on pace. PSLE is to assess pupil’s suitability for secondary education and also place them in one of the appropriate secondary school courses, which match their learning pace, capability and inclination

After the primary school education, all the pupils will be streamed into the Special course, Express course, Normal (Academic) course or Normal (Technical) course in secondary school according their performance in PSLE. In 2008, the Special courses and Express courses merged into the Express course. (Refer http://www.moe.sg/media/press/2007/pr20070803.htm for more information about the merging of two course)

Primary School Leaving Examination – Subject Information