<![CDATA[Help Needed Urgently]]>I can recommend you JC Bio tutor is you need.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/64761/help-needed-urgentlyRSS for NodeSun, 19 Apr 2026 11:30:42 GMTMon, 20 Jan 2014 00:58:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Sat, 18 Jan 2014 20:35:48 GMT]]>I'm not sure whether this post came too late for the parent who started the thread.


Firstly, I wish to highlight that generally JC exams themselves are not indicative of a student's performance. I have been a JC student myself not too long ago, and our principal loves to show us statistics of how our cohort performed in all the respective subjects. Even she knows it herself that the trend has always been that majority of the students will score really badly in school exams, and by badly I mean failing (S or U grade) and then bounced up in the A levels.

Of course, with consistent hard work, one is able to pass JC exams, and even score an A for it, but I'm just saying that the bulk of students just doesn't. Be sure to understand that results, good or bad, are just part of the package that school provides, and it's not substantially indicative of your child's academic abilities.

My advice is, don't give up on your child. Keep him/her motivated by giving encouragement, and sharing with them that you understand that it's difficult to do well. If you decide to engage a tutor, please do find out what is the problem that your child is facing in that subject. It can be caused by a variety of reasons, like not able to understand the teacher, can't catch up with the pace etc. Then let your tutor know all these problems, and see whether he/she has the abilities to tackle these areas.

Last but not least, as I operate a tutor agency, if any of the parents do need to engage a tutor, I hope you'll consider ReachTutor. Our mission is to provide the most efficient service to students/parents and aid them in finding the best tutor that is within their available budget and timings at no extra cost! Being a tutor myself, I understand how parents care for their children and want them to do well. Hence, my goal is to find the best tutor to share your child's academic woes, and not to close deals quickly.

For parents who are interested, you may want to visit http://www.reachtutor.com/ and fill up the form, or drop me a message or call me :?: at 91702638 for more details.

:thankyou:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1195319https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1195319Sat, 18 Jan 2014 20:35:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Thu, 19 Dec 2013 23:50:30 GMT]]>Hi,


First of all, I must say JC curriculum is not easy, as it is specifically designed for the top 20% of secondary school graduates in Singapore.

Regarding the retaining rate, I think this year MOE has made it very strict to all the JCs. Those top JCs, like RJC, HCJC, VJC, NJC ā€¦ should not have more than 2% of retainees; JCs like IJC, YJC should not have more than 20%; and other JCs are having different rates capped at the percentage between 2% and 20% respectively. These rates are directly related to the COP of these JCs, in general, if a JCā€™s intake is better, the retaining rate should be lower.

If your child has been working relatively hard comparing to his/her classmates but still cannot meet the promo criteria, I would recommend repeating JC1 (or consider to transfer to a poly). A marginal promotion may not help your child and it is very likely for a student as such to fail to attain quality grades for admissions to local universities.

If you child has been playful to a certain extent and failed to pass the promo exams marginally, he/she should aim to clear the re-exam as far as possible. Of course, a change in attitude is a must for JC2 studies.

From a JC maths teacher

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1169508https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1169508Thu, 19 Dec 2013 23:50:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 00:51:01 GMT]]>

protutor:
Hi,


I do agree to the point that there may be teachers in JC who may not be able to explain the syllabus well enough, and tutors turn out to be more capable in explaining and providing better exam techniques. That is one of the reasons that justifies the increasing trend of parents hiring tutors (primary, secondary and tertiary), because tuition does help a lot.

However, the harsh reality is that, as they transit from JC to university next time, they will realise that some lecturers in university may also not be able to explain sufficiently clear (personal experience + observation from my peers in other courses). What are they going to do then?

However, if you are really left with no choice, I do admit that tuition is the last resort. It is still better to get better grades in JC so that there are more courses to choose from in university šŸ˜„

Tuition is more necessary becos of the final most important exams - O n A Levels. Its either you make it or don't - just like PSLE. In the U, its different, you do not have to sit for just 1 important exam to determine your future.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166702https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166702Sun, 15 Dec 2013 00:51:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:06:34 GMT]]>Hi,


I agree that good tuition can help in allowing your child to understand the concepts better. This would be beneficial for subjects such as Chemistry or Economics.

However, for subject that require the child to memorise such as Biology or General Paper, I feel that the child should spend his/ her time making his/ her own notes rather than going for tuition as sometimes tuition can be rather time consuming.

Although going to tuition helps, it is very important for the child to do his/ her own practice in their free time as once the child gets familiar with certain questions, they will have a better idea on how to approach the question in the future.

All the best to your child! šŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166258https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166258Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:06:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:06:34 GMT]]>Hi,


I agree that good tuition can help in allowing your child to understand the concepts better. This would be beneficial for subjects such as Chemistry or Economics.

However, for subject that require the child to memorise such as Biology or General Paper, I feel that the child should spend his/ her time making his/ her own notes rather than going for tuition as sometimes tuition can be rather time consuming.

Although going to tuition helps, it is very important for the child to do his/ her own practice in their free time as once the child gets familiar with certain questions, they will have a better idea on how to approach the question in the future.

All the best to your child! šŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166257https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166257Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:06:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:06:31 GMT]]>Hi,


I agree that good tuition can help in allowing your child to understand the concepts better. This would be beneficial for subjects such as Chemistry or Economics.

However, for subject that require the child to memorise such as Biology or General Paper, I feel that the child should spend his/ her time making his/ her own notes rather than going for tuition as sometimes tuition can be rather time consuming.

Although going to tuition helps, it is very important for the child to do his/ her own practice in their free time as once the child gets familiar with certain questions, they will have a better idea on how to approach the question in the future.

All the best to your child! šŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166256https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166256Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:06:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:05:28 GMT]]>Hi,


I agree that good tuition can help in allowing your child to understand the concepts better. This would be beneficial for subjects such as Chemistry or Economics.

However, for subject that require the child to memorise such as Biology or General Paper, I feel that the child should spend his/ her time making his/ her own notes rather than going for tuition as sometimes tuition can be rather time consuming.

Although going to tuition helps, it is very important for the child to do his/ her own practice in their free time as once the child gets familiar with certain questions, they will have a better idea on how to approach the question in the future.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166255https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166255Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:05:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:01:00 GMT]]>

sangyu:
HI Protutor

I agree with your pov and also repeatedly said to my daughter that JC needs consistent hard work and not just study during exam time. Though I can see that she does study daily and more than secondary school but personally I felt that she can commit even more. However, I also see the benefit of tutoring when my daughter told me that the Econ tutor teaches the class very much more than the school and she felt that her school teacher does not teach much. She also told me that the Chem tutor simplified the concept which make them easier to understand, unlike what the school teacher delivered.
My thoughts exactly....that is why many students (especially at jc level )need these tutors to help them understand their syllabus better.....a lot of students seek external helps regardless of the expensive tuition fees......really bo bian cos these two years are so short and stressed..... :mad:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1165592https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1165592Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:01:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Thu, 12 Dec 2013 04:36:03 GMT]]>HI Protutor

I agree with your pov and also repeatedly said to my daughter that JC needs consistent hard work and not just study during exam time. Though I can see that she does study daily and more than secondary school but personally I felt that she can commit even more. However, I also see the benefit of tutoring when my daughter told me that the Econ tutor teaches the class very much more than the school and she felt that her school teacher does not teach much. She also told me that the Chem tutor simplified the concept which make them easier to understand, unlike what the school teacher delivered.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1165336https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1165336Thu, 12 Dec 2013 04:36:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:04:44 GMT]]>Hi,


I have access to a database of 13,000 tutors in Singapore. I can help you find the most suitable tutor to teach your d JC Maths. Please feel free to contact me at 92253610 or you can also email me at will.tuition65@gmail.com. No obligations!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1162026https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1162026Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:04:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Wed, 20 Nov 2013 04:52:49 GMT]]>Yesterday we have met up the teacher regarding my daughter promo result. She has an option to retest her exam in Jan 2014. We are thinking it may be good if she retain to build up her foundation, but lets see how does she perform in the retest.

Does anyone has any good tuition center to recommend ? we stay in the west. Thanks

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1149459https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1149459Wed, 20 Nov 2013 04:52:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:30:26 GMT]]>

sangyu:
Currently my child just completed her promo exams and did very badly. She need to pass the coming test on jan 2014. Any best JC tutor in Math, Bio

that anyone can recommend. Thanks.
Where do you stay? My nephew used to go to one Maths tutor in AMK.I also heard from him that almost half of his cohort failed JC 1 and needed to retain :stupid:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1146377https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1146377Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:30:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:04:23 GMT]]>My DD is asked to repeat JC1. She did badly in her H2 Math. The rest of her subjects are B,D,D,D. We are in a dilemma as to whether to appeal to the school to let her be promoted to JC2. At the same time, we r also desperately finding a good tutor to teach her H2 Math. We prefer a female tutor. Would appreciate any recommendation.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1145762https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1145762Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:04:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Thu, 14 Nov 2013 02:48:46 GMT]]>My dd will be in JC1 next year n I am very concerned in reading that a lot of JC1 students cannot meet the promo requirements.


Is JC very tough?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1145309https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1145309Thu, 14 Nov 2013 02:48:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help Needed Urgently on Thu, 14 Nov 2013 02:38:08 GMT]]>Another idea you may want to consider is to let her repeat the year? If she did badly, maybe repeating the year may be good. One of my friends had his son repeat JC1 (he played too much, I think), and he did well in the A levels in the end. He told me that there are usually a number of repeat students each year.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1145288https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1145288Thu, 14 Nov 2013 02:38:08 GMT