My son is with Mr Khairi for English and Maths, Ms Lee for Science. It’s going to be the same for PSLE year in 2011 as well.

Well, Bishan is the Head Office. I can’t say that I agree that they are the best but since it’s where the Headquarters is, the place is befitting of the title as it was newly-renovated. However, my own belief is that every branch has its own set of good teachers and IMHO, wherever you go, you will get the same materials. What’s more important is that the teacher delivering them is able to bring out the child’s interest in the subject.

Well, they have quite a number of good teachers in Tampines. Every teacher has his/her own teaching style and it is a matter of which suits you the best.


Which level is you child in? I know for a fact that they have different teachers in specialising in different levels. For Tampines, the more prominent ones are Ms Lee (S), Ms Amy (M/S), Mr Khairi (E/M), Ms Lynn (E), Ms Chia (S) and Ms Irene (E/M/S) but each teacher specialises in his/her own subjects/levels. Even the phonics teachers are pretty good.

According to them, the teachers are NIE trained but I don’t think being trained necessarily mean that they’re good. For the Tampines branch, there are some ex-teachers and even current ones. So you have to go in with an open mind and see for yourself who’s effective and who’s not.

Hi parents!


I’ve some experience with MS and I have to say that the worksheet is pretty comprehensive for both English and Mathematics. The centre’s forte is in English but over the course of this year, it has been able to build up its Maths capabilities with the worksheets being revamped and more components being introduced.

My son has been with the TAMPINES branch for two years now and next year, we’ll be continuing as well as he will be in P6. In fact, he was the one that told me that he would like to continue studying there as the teacher that he was assigned to his class has been very interesting in keeping him engaged throughout his 4 straight hours on Saturday (I enrolled him for both EL and Maths, back to back) and his feedback so far has been great. He told me that through his 4-hour lesson, many of his friends, like him, will not even feel it as being that long as the teacher makes the lesson interesting. I’m really glad that he has become more motivated and his results are showing, both in EL and Maths.

I do hope that the same teacher will be taking him next year. The teacher hinted to them that he will be following them up but it’s up to the centre management to decide.

For parents who are keen on signing up, I highly recommend the Tampines branch (I’ve heard of Katong before but judging from the 2011 schedule that they put up, they don’t have that many options for timeslots which tells me that they probably aren’t doing too well in keeping their students).

Another word of advice though, for any tuition centre be it MS or otherwise, in enquiring for the current student enrollment for a particular timeslot, you have to know that having a class that is at its maximum or close to maximum capacity (15, in the case of MS) is not necessarily bad as it shows that the tutor is great and the students are staying at the centre. My boy’s class is at its maximum capacity and it has been great so far. He says that the teacher handles the class well and everyone is expected to contribute to discussions and interaction.

Also, It all boils down to the tutor. If your child isn’t responding well to a tutor, you might want to try others within the centre. Ultimately, don’t forgo the good materials that the centre has to offer just because there is a mismatch of tutors.

Hope it helps.