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Asian parents are spending billions of dollars on private tutors for their children, and the practice is growing despite doubts over its effectiveness, according to a study published Wednesday.

\"Shadow education\" is an expanding business not only in wealthy countries but also in some of the region's poorer nations as parents try to give their children the best start in life, the Asian Development Bank said.

Nearly nine out of 10 South Korean elementary pupils have private tutoring, while the figure for primary school children in India's West Bengal state is six out of 10.

\"Proportions are lower in other countries, but throughout the region the shadow is spreading and intensifying,\" the study said, calling for a review of education systems to make such extra teaching less attractive.

Extra academic work is aimed at helping slow learners and supporting high achievers, and is seen by many Asian parents as a constructive way for adolescents to spend their spare time.

However, it can also reduce time for sports and other activities important for well-rounded development, as well as cause social tensions since richer families are able to pay for better-quality tutoring, the study said.

It estimated that the costs of private tutoring in South Korea were equivalent to 80 percent of government spending on public education.

Japan spent $12 billion on extra teaching in 2010, while the figure for Singapore was US$680 million in 2008.

In Hong Kong, where 85 percent of senior secondary students receive tutoring, companies advertise the services of \"star\" tutors, on television, newspapers and the back of buses, the study said.

\"Expenses are lower in other countries, but they are headed in the same direction,\" it added.

But despite its popularity, particularly in East Asia, tutoring has had mixed results, said the study, conducted with the University of Hong Kong's Comparative Education Research Centre.

\"Much depends not only on the motivations and abilities of the students but also on the motivations and abilities of the tutors,\" it said.

\"In many countries, individuals can become tutors without training, and the effectiveness of some forms of tutoring is doubtful.\"

The study called for state supervision and regulation of the industry, as well as a review of Asia's educational systems.

\"They should ask why it (tutoring) exists in the first place, and what can be done in the mainstream to make supplementary tutoring less desirable and necessary.\"

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limlim:
$160 for 12 lessons?

pre school is cheaper i think...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/882776https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/882776Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:26:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:07:04 GMT]]>An interesting article in the newpaper


Should the tuition industry be regulated?
The New Paper | Sat Aug 4 2012

THE private tutor was once asked by a tuition agency to lie that he was a university undergraduate, even though he was from a polytechnic.

Another time, a child burst into tears after seeing him because the tuition agency had told the child to expect a female teacher.

Owner of tuition agency Law Han Wei has seen his share of bad eggs in the industry when he was a private tutor more than 10 years ago.

On Sunday, it was reported in The Sunday Times that Mr Kelvin Ong, who owns AristoCare centre, was neither a student nor teacher of the Gifted Education Programme, as he had claimed.

Checks by the Ministry of Education had revealed that his credentials were false. He was told to remove the claims from his website.
Complaints against the industry are not uncommon. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) said that in 2010, there were 29 cases of complaints regarding tuition centres and agencies.

Last year, there were 31 cases; and as of June 30 this year, there were eight cases.
Common complaints include consumers seeking redress and the failure to honour the contract.

For example, one parent felt that it was unfair that the tuition centre required one month’s notification for termination. Another parent was upset when the tutor did not turn up as promised by the tuition agency.

Tuition centres have to be registered with the Ministry of Education (MOE) because they are run as schools.
Tuition agencies, which match students to tutors, have to be registered as a business with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.
And then there are individual tutors, who are freelancers and thus, unregulated.
The question now is, should the lucrative tuition industry be regulated? Presently, there is no regulatory body which oversees the industry.

People in the industry are split over this option. Mr Tony Tan, who is the founder of SmartLab, a chain of tuition centres, since 1999, is against the idea.
He said: "Regulation would mean higher cost for the centres and the higher cost will eventually be passed on to the parents and students."
Mrs Marietta Koh, who is in her 40s, has a daughter in Primary 4 and spends about $1,000 every month on tuition and enrichment.

As a former teacher in the mainstream schools and current tuition teacher at Mind Stretcher Tuition centre, she does not think that regulation is necessary.

She said: "I believe most parents are savvy enough to make cross-comparisons and will know which are the tuition agencies that do not pass muster."

Mr Law, 32, founded Star Zest Tuition Agency in 1999. He said that his agency has a database of 40,000 tutors and receives between 500 and 1,000 inquires every month. Of this, about 30 per cent are successful matches of tutors to students

Mr Law thinks that the MOE should be responsible for regulating the tuition industry and suggests an accreditation programme for tuition teachers.

"For instance, all tuition teachers could undergo a simple test conducted by MOE,"Mr Law said.

MP Baey Yam Keng, who is also a member of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for education, thinks that it will be a challenge to regulate the tuition industry because it is made up of both commercial players and freelancers.

He said: "A regulatory body may help to establish a minimum standard and handle complaints, but a lot of resources would have to be spent to catch a few dishonest players.

"It is still the onus of the parents to check the qualifications of their children’s tutors."

Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar, also a member of the GPC for education, said: "It is important that the tuition industry should not play into the fears of parents, who want the best for their children."

She added: "It should be the responsibility of the tuition centres to verify the credentials of their teachers, since they are registered under MOE. "But it is very difficult to go after every individual tutor, because there are so many of them."

And there is no question that this industry is lucrative. A Straits Times article in 2010 reported that Singapore parents spent $820 million on private tuition in 2008,up from $470 million a decade earlier.

In 2010, Mr Law’s tuition agency had an annual turnover of between $200,000 and $300,000.

Last year, his turnover was almost $400,000 after he changed the system of running his agency.

Mr Law said: "I focused on quality control of the tutors and kept in close contact with the parents.

He added: "We were no longer just an agent, and when the parents feel satisfied with us, they will keep coming back."

Mrs Koh agreed that eventually, the quality of the tuition centre or agency will determine if they survive in the industry.

She said: "Some tuition agencies do not even advertise as they have long wait lists simply through word of mouth. As such, weaker players that do not measure up to parental expectations will get weeded out in due course. "

Executive director of Case, Mr Seah Seng Choon, said: "The numbers of complaints, although small, seem to be creeping up.We are watching this trend.

"With the demand for tuition growing, there will be tutors entering the market with dubious qualifications like in this case involving AristoCare centre.

"Consumers must bear in mind that this industry is not regulated and, as such, very much depends on parents to verify the claims made by such tutors."

"We like to urge consumers to do their due diligence and check the credentials of the tutors they engage for their children. They should verify the tutor’s credentials with the MOE or the institutions which issue the credentials."

Mr Baey, who used to be a tuition teacher during his national service days, thinks that regulation will affect the many young people in universities and polytechnics, who give tuition to earn extra money.

He said: "The role of a tutor is not just to help a child with his school work, but he can also help to motivate the child.

"Regulation may allow verification of the tutor’s qualifications, but it does not give an indication of the tutor’s quality."

This article was first published in The New Paper.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/868078https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/868078Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:07:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:02:01 GMT]]>I am all for regulating the tuition, but I disagreed with a few parent friends of mine who are adamant that PSLE & tuition should be banned. If education goes too easy, something is wrong. And how do we measure the performances of each children and sieve them to different learing abilities & apitudes. What I am for is to introduce more variety of subjects in schools that children can excel in and let them choose which core subjects they wish to pursue for their final year leaving examination. Like my daughter, she is very good in Languages and Science. It’s Math that she is having difficulty in grasping and she absolutely hates math, especially Conquer Math & Algebra. Hence it took me great pains to source her a tutor who is able to incite her interest to do math and explain to her the concepts clearly. I also realised that her Math teacher’s explanations are very “chim”, hence I need to get extra help for her by getting somebody who is able to break down the concepts for her at a much slower pace. (Because I do not want her PSLE aggregrates to be dragged down by Math, though my wife, I and her form teacher are pretty sure that she will score A for all her subjects, except Math). And the most angry thing I am about my friends are that they do not put their actions where their heart & mouth is. They said that Tuition is unfair, yet they are so “kiasu” when it comes to who their school subjects teachers are. Now I understand in the Parents’ committee that they developed this ranking system for teachers in school, and some parents actually pester the principal to get the teachers for their children’s classes for the next school term. They also “die die” must put their children in a branded school, despite the long travel journey. I am also totally flabbergasted when a parent friend requested me to help her draft a complaint letter to the principal, simply because her son’s English teacher is not a graduate.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/868066https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/868066Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:02:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:19:14 GMT]]>

Imami:
Just to clarify, my point is not they cannot ask or I don't want to tell. It's no big deal (nothing confidential and like someone said \"just like fill in survey form\") but to say that this question is needed to better assess the kid on where they stand? How relevant is this? This is on top of having to sit for the proficiency test.

Yes, i don't think the centre should assess the students just based on the school if all are mainstreams. To me a better way to do it is by the proficiency test.
Imami:
Sorry KSP, don't quite understand your comment. What is the linkage between parents paying and the parents expectation?

Do you mean if one expects more, one probably will need to fork out more?
It depends want we are expecting.

If i expect my house to be cleaned everyday i step in after work, i would have to pay for someone to do it.

If i expect my house to look new before CNY every year, then i would have to pay someone to paint my house.

But for the case of academic results, it ready depends on how much the child can absorb during the lessons and the performance during the exam.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808677https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808677Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:19:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:02:22 GMT]]>Oit! I get your meaning laa.. 😆


I know where you're coming from.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808665https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808665Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:02:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 05:53:02 GMT]]>

buds:
I felt :sad: that i was somewhat misunderstood.. because i am not at all like that. It was my fault cos i was writing/typing from iPhone so it was a slipshod reply to KSP's initial post abt tuition/enrichment centres & their entry requirements what nots. I was in between breast feeding my toddler and my not-so-new-born 😂. Bf-ing time is my time to multi-task... with ksp-ing. Not much opportunity to sit in front of PC to surf these days.
:slapshead: :frustrated: I was just wanting to share that tuition are not just for students with fail grades.

I think for those who are here long enough will know that you are NOT the tuition type of parents.

I promise i will not quote your msg in future.... :salute:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808653https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808653Mon, 30 Jul 2012 05:53:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:55:39 GMT]]>

buds:
Then again, it's not just schools where children learn abt life. They say, \"It takes a village to raise a child.\"


But still... cannot turn back time.. so can only move forward. 😉
We can't turn back time...that's for sure. When I look at my 12 year old boy who is going to be taller than me in no time, I wonder where have all the years gone.

I extracted 2 lines from your post. It certainly takes a village to raise a child. This year with my boy taking PSLE, my mum has been playing the 'good guy' even more by plying him with yummy desserts and his fav food.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808358https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808358Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:55:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:09:30 GMT]]>

ksi:
hua052011:

Hi


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Can share share a bit the project name? :?

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Best regards.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808332https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808332Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:09:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:47:13 GMT]]>

buds:
Same here, Mychildren... Same here. Ok wait? That sounded a wee bit weird... :skeptical:.. like i was addressing a lot of you when there's only... you. :rotflmao: I write from the heart myself. That's why it hurts sometimes when ppl who don't know where you're coming from think we are here to embark on a world war? :siao: While different members share different sides of SG education, we are all here for discussion sake. Not to convert ppl's conviction of things, but to offer alternative thoughts and true life experiences (some of us as both parents and educators point of view at the same time) to tip the balance scale... and to clarify that not all is lost with SG education. Then again, it's not just schools where children learn abt life. They say, \"It takes a village to raise a child.\"


I have always been an active SAHM. Not the shake legs kind.. must always find projects to do to keep myself relevant, in touch with society, and keep the brain active and sane. I have either always worked freelance.. designing curriculum for schools (new set-ups).. or design worksheets & lesson plans.. worked with special needs children or children who require intervention.. conduct intensive programmes & enrichment programmes.. amongst many other things i busy myself with apart from the kids as these provides personal fulfillment. When i have extra pockets of time, i will come up with volunteer projects to do. Apart from the different roles i play, i am still myself.. my own person. I shouldn't lose that part of me.. my identity. So i like to keep up. :please:

Btw, i am also old liao leh. :oops:

But still... cannot turn back time.. so can only move forward. 😉

Peace? :xedfingers:
buds,
I'm not poking you.

Could you share with us how you juggle between your free lance work, kids and housework?

This is because with the cooking, laundry, marketing, fetching in & out kids, coaching kids and still breastfeeding my 2 years old, I find it hard to find time to coach my kids in their studies nowadays.

Either my child is busy with his schoolwork or I'm busy & too tire to look into their studies. On top of that, neither do I have any grandparents' help nor outsource my meals or housework.

I'm still not qualifed to be a shake leg or shop shop SAHM yet with all these. 😉

I'm off topic once again. :oops:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808327https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808327Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:47:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:40:28 GMT]]>:rotflmao:


So you're saying there ain't enuff village ppl to go around, huh? 😆

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808281https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808281Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:40:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:30:49 GMT]]>

buds:


They say, \"It takes a village to raise a child.\"
the problem is that the only village we have now is Changi Village and Holland Village :evil: :evil:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808277https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808277Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:30:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:27:56 GMT]]>Same here, Mychildren... Same here. Ok wait? That sounded a wee bit weird... :skeptical:.. like i was addressing a lot of you when there's only... you. :rotflmao: I write from the heart myself. That's why it hurts sometimes when ppl who don't know where you're coming from think we are here to embark on a world war? :siao: While different members share different sides of SG education, we are all here for discussion sake. Not to convert ppl's conviction of things, but to offer alternative thoughts and true life experiences (some of us as both parents and educators point of view at the same time) to tip the balance scale... and to clarify that not all is lost with SG education. Then again, it's not just schools where children learn abt life. They say, \"It takes a village to raise a child.\"


I have always been an active SAHM. Not the shake legs kind.. must always find projects to do to keep myself relevant, in touch with society, and keep the brain active and sane. I have either always worked freelance.. designing curriculum for schools (new set-ups).. or design worksheets & lesson plans.. worked with special needs children or children who require intervention.. conduct intensive programmes & enrichment programmes.. amongst many other things i busy myself with apart from the kids as these provides personal fulfillment. When i have extra pockets of time, i will come up with volunteer projects to do. Apart from the different roles i play, i am still myself.. my own person. I shouldn't lose that part of me.. my identity. So i like to keep up. :please:

Btw, i am also old liao leh. :oops:

But still... cannot turn back time.. so can only move forward. 😉

Peace? :xedfingers:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808276https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808276Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:27:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:13:28 GMT]]>buds,


Don't poke me la. I just speak up what I feel. Really didn't mean to :pokeeye: you or anyone here.

You're going back to work. Tough woman.
After being a SAHM for so long, I wonder whether there's still a job for me out there and I'm old already. :sad:

:offtopic:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808273https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808273Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:13:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:51:18 GMT]]>

KSP:
Wow!!! People may ask 90+ still need tuition? :yikes:


Just to share that you are not alone. TOP Branded tuition centres reserved all their weekends' slots mostly for GEP students!!! They make it easier for these top students so that more can join them.
KSP:
Nowadays tuition services are not just to help those with poor grades to improve from FAIL to PASS. It does way way more than just that.

It provides services for students with different abilities and parents with different ksi© who want their children to imrpove
- from Good to Better (gooder for vk2010)
- from Better (gooder) to Best
- and for the Best to stay at the Best
Mychildren:
Ya, its really scary. 90+ still need tuition. I would be very happy if my children can score this kind of results.

Now, I understand, its really about what is our expectation, not what the children really need to have. Sorry, I don't mean to offend anyone. Just stating what I feel. :lightrod:
Mychildren:
Buds, feeling bad that you have to write so much to clarify.
I felt :sad: that i was somewhat misunderstood.. because i am not at all like that. It was my fault cos i was writing/typing from iPhone so it was a slipshod reply to KSP's initial post abt tuition/enrichment centres & their entry requirements what nots. I was in between breast feeding my toddler and my not-so-new-born 😂. Bf-ing time is my time to multi-task... with ksp-ing. Not much opportunity to sit in front of PC to surf these days.

I'm very happy with my children and what they have achieved thus far. More than happy. They are good kids in general... when they're not bitching abt everything under the sun of course. :frustrated: I'm more than happy that i have balanced children. I am more than happy that i am a balanced being. I can balance family life (playing mommy role) and time for myself (sometimes) and not neglecting my husband (playing cat woman), friends (playing BFF), siblings (playing da-jie to my brothers) and parents (playing the good only daughter they have). Despite what my ILs have put me thru, i oso to date do not neglect them (playing the patient & magnanimous daughter-in-law dun pray pray). 😂

After being thru hell and back in the past few years, i learn to treasure and be thankful for the simplest things in life... much more than i used to. Though some kiasu frenz do say it's a waste not to maximize or why i'm complacent.. i have firmly always believed academia is only but one thing in life.. there are many other things in life one can pursue and enjoy. But if one can indeed at the same time excel in academics, it's a bonus.

My children have failed exams before and rose up again at their own pace at their own time with some support. They are our children and we don't give up on our children. My children have suffered under the hands of a couple of teachers who gave the teaching profession a bad name and we have gone thru teachers who were gone for half of the year due to pregnancy (urgent leaves and what nots plus maternity).. but we never gave up on the school and gave teachers and the school a chance to make things right, which it did eventually and helped us forge an even stronger bond with them. My children were not always as motivated.. as automatic.. as mature.. or as happy.. we took small steps before we got to the big ones and slowly it became easier to let go, as my babies have now grown into young girls who understand better. It's still work in progress and i will learn with them as i go along.

After what was posted in bold above.. i just had to clarify la. 😢 Buds not liddat wan u know. :sad: So just hope now you know lor. If not next time, i will :pokeeye: you hor. You've been warned. :evil:
Mychildren:
For sure, you're a good mummy and wife base on the above.
Based on the above oni arh? :politebleah:

Guess you have not read me much around here.. :evil:
Mychildren:
I know and understand its a tough job handling 3 kids. :grphug:
I have 4 now.. and with steady routine implemented plus with baby not crying that much anymore, it's no longer that tough. It's going smoothly just as how i planned it to be. Hope to resume working from home once alternative care giving is finalized.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808267https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808267Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:51:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:36:30 GMT]]>

fightingmom:
Mychildren:



Buds, feeling bad that you have to write so much to clarify. For sure, you're a good mummy and wife base on the above. I know and understand its a tough job handling 3 kids. :grphug:

Buds has 4 children not 3 😉

Didn't read properly. Buds 4 kids already. 😂

Frankly speaking, I would rather spend $$ on traveling oversea with my children than using the $$ for tuition unless their results are :nailbite: or I too tire to coach them anymore. I did warn my boys before and I know that they don't like to go for tuition & love traveling. Therefore, they need to cooperate with me. 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808262https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808262Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:36:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:54:27 GMT]]>double talk, triple talk, multiple talk …

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808243https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808243Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:54:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:52:29 GMT]]>

Daddy 😧
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6448


This aristocare guy even advertised in KSP back in Year 2008...
Wonder how many KSP parents contributed to his $15K per month salary... :faint:
Can activate CPIB again? :siam:
Be wary of KSP members (especially newbies) whose nicknames have words like \"tuition\" or \"tutor\".. Regardless what they say (\"we are not a tuition centre, blar blar blar\"), don't believe!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808241https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/808241Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:52:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:26:26 GMT]]>

buds:

1 teacher who didn't teach in your child's school and another one in j's school and ok another two from another person's school does not equate to ALL teachers don't teach or all schools not good... that's barely a fraction as compared to the great ones around.

Teaching ain't an easy profession. What more when parents are getting more involved, more intelligent, more kiasu.. Some parents can't even handle one child.. or their own child(ren)... and yet parents still scream when teachers don't teach values or moral education to a class of over 40? :skeptical:
You already said it yourself.. it is one teachers or teachers, the person NEVER explicitly comment that ALL teachers are like that. You read too much. plus, it is understood to be one's personal's experience. No one here even said something like, \"I have dealt with ALL teacher in Singapore and conclude that they are ALL bad\".. isn't it? If there is such a person, feel free to blast him/her..

I said, my kid's teacher don't teach well, NOT \"ALL teachers don't teach well\".

Like you said, it maybe only a small fraction. So, can't we comment on that small fraction (our experience)? also cannot meh? isn't that too oppressive?

I am not sure about others, but I don't expect teachers to teach moral or values unless it is during a \"moral education\" class. These things are best left to parents.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/807979https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/807979Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:26:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:21:01 GMT]]>Wonder if the Aristocare site (http://aristocare-sg.com/?p=690) will be updated, since it has now been featured 8 times in the papers, with the following :


(8) Sunday Times, 29 July 2012 - Private tutor who charges high fees:\"I was in Gifted Programme\"' Education Ministry: \"No he wasn't\"

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/807972https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/807972Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:21:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:45:09 GMT]]>

jtoh:



He's probably telling his students at his tuition centre that they all qualified for GEP. Doesn't matter what MOE says because his mother said they all qualified.

:rotflmao: from his answers, would you believe he was ever from GEP?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/807952https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/807952Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:45:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asia spending billions on tutors: study on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:41:37 GMT]]>

Singapura:
Lilac66:

Today's ST published an article about Aristocare care putting up untrue claims about his GE preparatory program. This was what we were hoping for in our earlier discussion on \"regulating\" the tuition industry (tuition centres). At least a first step. Imagine if this man had been allowed to continue with his exaggerated claims... more tuition centres may follow suit.


People are willing to spend because it is an investment in their children. More important is the time spent which cannot be refunded. Could have gone to a \"standard\" tutor who doesn't make exaggerated claims and charges regular rates and still get the same results.

I understand where you're coming from. I for one would not go for such a centre. What more a GEP prepatory course which I don't look upon as necessary. This has been discussed alot of times in the GEP thread.

However, my conscience tells me something needs to be done about such centres. When we know something is fishy, and just because we won't fall for it, doesn't mean we turn a blind eye to it. I just can't accept the fact that these people are laughing all the way to the bank because they're able to \"con\" others and not get caught. It's just not right .

Anyway, that's my opinion of how these tuition centres should not get away with such practices. A warning from the ministry I believe is going to be a deterent to other centres as well.

I don't wish to comment further as this has been discussed in earlier posts. I'll be repeating myself here.

Regarding time spent with children, I can't agree more, that's why I'm checking myself to wean off this KSP addiction. 😄

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This aristocare guy even advertised in KSP back in Year 2008...
Wonder how many KSP parents contributed to his $15K per month salary... :faint:
Can activate CPIB again? :siam:

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fightingmom:

And what did I tell you earlier : 9 out of 10 children got their awesomeness from their mother. 😉
On behalf of all the papas in this forum, I protest! I protest at that statement ... 😂

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jtoh:
BeContented:

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The lies this man told is crazy. When questioned why he lied about being in GEP, he claims his mother told him he was in GEP and therefore he assumed he was. :rotflmao:

Maybe his mom had also told him he's a GEP teacher in ACS & a qualified teacher. :roll: :spank:

He's probably telling his students at his tuition centre that they all qualified for GEP. Doesn't matter what MOE says because his mother said they all qualified.[/quote]:rotflmao:

Just her say confirm dy? :salute:
No need double confirm with letter from MOE? :idea:

Powderful.

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