It is time that the tuition schools and centres need a
shake-out.
There are tuition centres that are not registered with MOE and
their tutors and
teachers are not verified ie the parents and the students merely
accepted them as
claims by these tuition centres.
So, these tuition centres and schools should also be subjected
to the stringent
checks as dictated in the Edutrust verification by the CPE to
ensure the quality of
of services provided by the tuition centres.
As the Physics.Com.Sg guy aka Richest-Tutor-In-Sg once said,
the tuition industry is actually already self-regulatory
in the sense that students abandon tutors who don't produce
results, and flock to tutors who produce results. This
criteria matters more to students than whether the
tutor is "MOE-certified" or not. Hence, any further action on the
part of MOE or CPE is unwarranted.
Note however, that private schools (that award diplomas and
degrees, and/or offer tie-ups with foreign universities) and
tuition centers (that serve only to support students learning,
without awarding diplomas or degrees) are two completely different
categories. The former must compulsorily be closely regulated by
the government (because it directly impacts on the reputation of
Singapore's private education industry, of which the government
has both a direct and indirect stake), while the latter
does not interest the government at all and (MOE has already stated
that it) is a private/personal matter of caveat emptor (ie. buyer
beware).
