Comparing Science Enrichment Programs

[jen goh]

Hi . Is ms Nicky still available?

[jen goh]

Hi,

I looking for science tutor
Prefer 1 to 1 at Jurong West area
My boy is in p4 this year
Please kindly recommend if you have
Responsible tutor
Currently a student, part time or full time can consider
Thanks

[jen goh]

Hi,

I looking for science tutor
Prefer 1 to 1 at Jurong West area
My boy is in p4 this year
Please kindly recommend if you have
Responsible tutor
Currently a student, part time or full time can consider
Thanks

[moment3w3]

raisintan:

Has anyone tried Pique Lab? Are they good?

I gave up on piquelab after the teacher couldnt answer my child's questions on adaption and need to send the question to the boss during lesson time who wasnt very sure and says get back to my child and ask my child to go google search for answer to find out more. One of the answering technique which my child follows in test got 1 mark deducted because school teacher says one point missing. The fees are expensive with 10+ students in a class. premium price tag with mediocre teachers. Class control is another problem as that class is usually chatty. My child couldnt focus in class and withdraw.

[Estéema]

moment3w3:

raisintan:

Has anyone tried Pique Lab? Are they good?

I gave up on piquelab after the teacher couldnt answer my child's questions on adaption and need to send the question to the boss during lesson time who wasnt very sure and says get back to my child and ask my child to go google search for answer to find out more. One of the answering technique which my child follows in test got 1 mark deducted because school teacher says one point missing. The fees are expensive with 10+ students in a class. premium price tag with mediocre teachers. Class control is another problem as that class is usually chatty. My child couldnt focus in class and withdraw.

That's being wise - not to waste yr child's time, get confused, loose confidence in the subj & waste money!

[kboon2009]

Hi parents. There seems to be mixed reviews about TLL. Some parents swear by it while others said their DC’s results didn’t improve. Is this because TLL is only good for children who are already above average? Are they good at teaching answering techniques? Would appreciate any honest feedback from parents - please PM me? Thank you.

[Estéema]

TLL used to hv very good teachers. There are now several problems hampering :-


1. Materials attractive to kids learning & covers MOE syllabus.

2. Teachers quality had dipped drastically & there are challenges which the Centre cld not address, even after differentiating into diff clusters. Teaching staff alr diff to find, and to handle diff schools at diff pace, covering diff topics at diff time frames. Many teachers left, leaving very few veteran good teachers.

3. After the outfit was sold to a US Equity, the CEO hv to meet shareholders’ expectations for returns. We experienced less experienced teachers, one KSP parent shared her sis who quoted MOE to enjoy teaching lower primary kids Eng, was expected to take over some Sc classes (with aid of Sc answer keys), we’ve met some veteran ex-TLL tutors either joined other tuition centres or gone into pte tutoring.

4. Last May, many parents were caught by surprised the centres high-handed way to capture more fees with their ‘complursory’ holiday workshops, claiming it’s part of their syllabus. These turned out to be mere revision practices over 2 days of 4 hours each & charged a while month’s fees. Those on GIRO pymt had to take a longer time to serve notice of withdrawal. We cldnt withdraw same mth when they creatively charged it into the regular invoice and we noticed only to be rebuffed to give one month’s notice to withdraw, by which time our kids hv to pay for lessons in June. Same thing for Sept sch holiday. You may google & find some parents wrote on their experiences.

I’m not saying TLL is completely hopeless coz we were thankful we were almost done towards PSLE & we had one subj teacher (not Sc) that was still very responsible. But we scoot out of sight by July & Aug.

After our journey, our experience taught us that there are still good educators in smaller centres, more more capable to coach our kids. And a lot less expensive. You just hv to check ard. I had been sharing abv experiences quite a fair bit. Might let other parents take over sharing their experiences this year.

If there are changes & parents hv good experiences, pls do share yr differing views, if any. I’m just sharing fr our actual experience. Hope it gives u one perspective.

[moohoo]

Thank u for your honest sharing Esteema. It's very helpful to parents like me who are undecided and not sure of where to look.

I do see DC classmates who attend TLL and have very good results though I'm not sure if that is credited to TLL or themselves.

[MerlionInGermany]

moohoo:

I do see DC classmates who attend TLL and have very good results though I'm not sure if that is credited to TLL or themselves.

I think it is part TLL, part themselves. Surely the materials, the teachers, and the students' aptitude and attitude, are all factors affecting the outcome of the results.

As for TLL revision classes, we have never been asked to sign up for any revisions class.

[Estéema]

MerlionInGermany:

moohoo:

I do see DC classmates who attend TLL and have very good results though I'm not sure if that is credited to TLL or themselves.

I think it is part TLL, part themselves. Surely the materials, the teachers, and the students' aptitude and attitude, are all factors affecting the outcome of the results.

As for TLL revision classes, we have never been asked to sign up for any revisions class.

You might find more feedback if u google.

Discovered tt learning lab had paid ads that fills up 1-2 pages & 1/2 parents blogging (bragging for TLL). You can tell coz these few parents hv similar pics & some pics look more like corporate shots & they've a few same pics on diff blogs. All strategized mktg.

I cldnt find the lawyer mum who wrote abt TLL's high-handed way to force parents pay extra, but found 2 others - one ano mum & an inside feedback fr an ex-TLL teacher under glassdoor.com :

1. Parent Feedback

https://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/parent-popular-tuition-centre-charges-exorbitant-prices-extra-classes

2. Teaching Staff & Admin Staff feedback

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/The-Learning-Lab-Singapore-Reviews-EI_IE310176.0,16_IL.17,26_IN217.htm

Seems like TLL Mgt doing a lot of cost cutting, hire younger/cheaper teachers & cutting costs to meet shareholders expectations, since it was sold to US Equity for >$300 million. So seems like they've to claw back & fr then on there's been a lot of unhappiness over mis-mgt of teaching staff & fees charges besides drop in quality.