On returning to Singapore a few years ago, I realized that if any business is growing and thriving better than any other, it’s tuition centers! There is practically one or more in every shopping mall, at void decks and even within the schools. They are everywhere: it almost sounds weird if your child is not in some tuition programme.
If you are indeed considering sending your child for tuition, enrichment or whatever name it’s called nowadays, please take a few steps back and think through a few things before committing yourself:
Financial and non-financial costs: For tuition to have an impact, it usually takes at least 10-12 of one-hourly sessions. Calculate how much time and money you have to spend. Please don’t think this is a short-term commitment. I have a friend with three children who started tuition in Primary school and even though the oldest one is now in a tertiary education, she still ......
