Asia spending billions on tutors: study

[KSP]

janet_lee88:

I am not rich lah.

Happened to have insurance account which just matured. Next year, son is definitely on his own liao...with 9-10 subjects, where to find time for tuition?

i thought so too, but some of my friends' kid after getting good PSLE results and got into good sec school have to work even harder, stay longer hours in school, school holiday also need to go back to school for CCA, weekends tuition continues and those get in via sports DSA have to train 4 evenings a week ..... i was like :faint: after hearing it....

[verykiasu2010]

janet_lee88:

I am not rich lah.

Happened to have insurance account which just matured. Next year, son is definitely on his own liao...with 9-10 subjects, where to find time for tuition?

which sec school offering 9 - 10 subjects in sec 1 ?

[verykiasu2010]

SAHM_TAN:

This is something that I'm quite worried. Right now dd1 has maths tuition becos I'm learning primary maths now.


May I know for parents who have kids in sec school now and who had tuition when they were in primary school, is it possible to break away from tuition when they reach sec level?

yes possible to break away from tuition, enrichment is optional

[verykiasu2010]

KSP:

i thought so too, but some of my friends' kid after getting good PSLE results and got into good sec school have to work even harder, stay longer hours in school,

not every day is a long day. some day dismisses at 12 noon or 1pm

KSP:

school holiday also need to go back to school for CCA,

not for every CCA, and may not be throughout the holidays.

KSP:

weekends tuition continues

depends on individual cases

KSP:

and those get in via sports DSA have to train 4 evenings a week .....

even non-sports-DSA participants train the same frequency as long as they are in the same tournament

KSP:

i was like :faint: after hearing it....

a good way to discourage u :rotflmao:

[tutormum]

The earliest DS3 comes home is 430pm which is once a week, the rest of the day is 6pm or even later when there's CCA. As he's taking 8 subjects for O level next year, the additional subject is scheduled after normal school hours, i.e. about an hour lunch before pm session. When he's home he just want to relax. :frustrated:

He's required to go back to school at least once a week during the long holidays for extra courses, training etc. He hates it cos he believes that sch holidays should mean holidays. :roll:
He's also serving in church every Saturday which entitles him CIP points. However, he's more than enough CIP points but still continue to serve as he likes it.
Next year, being O level year, he'll be required to attend night classes in school. :lightrod:
Don't mention the word \"tuition\" to him cos to him it's a dirty word. I'm worried how's he going to sit for his O level. :gloomy:
He's confident but I never see him studying at all. :slapshead: :slapshead: All I can do is

[Augmum]

KSP:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"pinky\"]we spent US$680M on tuition in 2008, maybe by now could have cross the US$1B mark :yikes:

I have nothing against my tutors...in fact, I love them very much because they are the ones who EDUCATE my son.
Crossing the billion dollar mark is not surprising.
I spend $2K a month just for my son's tutors alone.

2k is like :yikes: to me.... can u share how u spend 2k/mth for 1 child?
i spend slightly less than half of yours....[/quote]OMG spend 2 K juz for 1 child in primary sch tuition ??
This is the highest spending which i have heard in KSP forum, or perhaps am a mountain tortise
Wonder how much will u spend for his sec sch tuition,
considering sec sch tuition is more costly than primary sch tuition,
moreover, sec sch subjects are even easier to fail or achieve low marks...

[Augmum]

verykiasu2010:

KSP:

i thought so too, but some of my friends' kid after getting good PSLE results and got into good sec school have to work even harder, stay longer hours in school,

not every day is a long day. some day dismisses at 12 noon or 1pm.

Dismisses at 12 pr 1 p.m, so good ..... :please:

[jedamum]

Do a quick break down n see janet’s tuition expenditure together with her current situation. This is not a long term tuition expenditure but one that was in view of the upcoming psle. Considering 40dollars++ an hour that tutors nowadays command, mulitply by 2 hours, by four subjects twice a week, can easily hit $2k. Bearing in mind that her son did not have much tuition before p5. If we add up those who started tuition since p1, will their cumulative costs differ much from janet’s $2k per month beginning this year?

[iRabbit]

jedamum:

Do a quick break down n see janet's tuition expenditure together with her current situation. This is not a long term tuition expenditure but one that was in view of the upcoming psle. Considering 40dollars++ an hour that tutors nowadays command, mulitply by 2 hours, by four subjects twice a week, can easily hit $2k. Bearing in mind that her son did not have much tuition before p5. If we add up those who started tuition since p1, will their cumulative costs differ much from janet's $2k per month beginning this year?

So janet is the undercover millionaire here in KSP. No wonder no MOE trained T can meet her expectation - only one-to-one attention will do. :yikes:

Janet, you so atas one. So envy. I'm quite sure that the tutors love you [ :moneyflies: ] too.

[SAHM_TAN]

I think Janet has been open in her various postings.


If you consider the scenario of a primary school kid going to TLL for all 3 subjects plus a couple of other enrichments, it easily can also hit near 2k?