Tuition used to be seen as extra help for struggling students, but
is increasingly being viewed as a necessity for students to do well
in school - further fuelling demand for it here.
Parents and tuition centres said that the extra hours and greater
individual attention in smaller classes in the tuition centres
provide students with a greater edge in Singapore's competitive
education system.
These have become especially important as the school syllabus has
become increasingly challenging, they said.
At a youth dialogue about a week ago, Prime Minister Lee Hsien
Loong warned against the reliance on tuition, saying: "We are doing
too much tuition in Singapore."
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