| p>Parents who can afford home tuition should | | | | experiences in giving tuition. Tutors who have had |
| know that tuition can provide great help to | | | | more experiences in giving tuition tend to look out |
| students who have the potential to score | | | | for mistakes they have made and correct them |
| excellent results. Parents spend more than the | | | | to provide great teaching in the present and |
| amount they pay for school fees and private | | | | future. Tutors with excellent educational |
| home tuition according to a Straits Times survey. | | | | qualifications and who has a way of great |
| This could mean that many parents consider hiring | | | | teaching make it so much easier for the students |
| tutors for their children. | | | | to score great results. |
| But before hiring a tutor from a tuition agency, | | | | Interest - |
| one should always look out for these points: | | | | Other than getting a tutor with excellent |
| Educational Qualifications - | | | | educational background and who has had many |
| It is very important that one should always look | | | | experiences, a tutor with great passion in teaching |
| through the educational background of the tutor | | | | and taking their time to give tuition is very |
| before hiring one. The tutor's educational | | | | important. With passion, it shows that the tutor |
| qualifications say a lot about the tutor. Tutors | | | | has great interest in giving tuition and it would |
| who have gone through examinations and studied | | | | affect the way he teaches. If the tutor has no |
| particular subjects similar to the student's and | | | | passion, it shows that the tutor has no interest or |
| have produced great results, may share many | | | | less interest in giving tuition and again, it affects |
| valuable tips with him or her and understands | | | | the way he teaches and it could make his |
| what he is teaching them. If the tutor does not | | | | teaching not effective which would make the |
| have good educational qualifications for the | | | | student not do any better or even fail. A tutor |
| subject he is supposed to give tuition to, he might | | | | with great interest in teaching or giving tuition |
| not understand what he is teaching and may lead | | | | would always ensure that the students |
| to failure of the student's examinations. | | | | understand what he or she teaches by always |
| Experiences - | | | | asking the students questions and even plan to |
| Besides just getting a tutor with excellent | | | | give extra lessons if their students still do not |
| educational qualifications, one must bear in mind | | | | understand a particular topic by the end of the |
| that the way the tutor teaches is also very | | | | planned tuition time. |
| important. It has to be effective so as to ensure | | | | To take up less time in finding a great tutor, you |
| that the students understand what their tutor has | | | | may look for a tuition agency and with the help |
| taught them. One way to find out how effective | | | | of my tips, I wish you all the best in finding a |
| the tutor teaches is to find tutors who have had | | | | great tutor for your child. |