r/TuitionSingapore

I understand sending a kid for tuition if they're genuinely struggling, but what about kids who are already doing well and still have tuition for almost every subject? At what point are we actually helping them and when does it just become parents being scared that someone else's kid will do better?
If my kid is already getting 80 plus I honestly don't see why they need tuition. At some point the extra few marks aren't worth losing their weekends over.

My kid just started P1 and I’m honestly a bit worried I’m already letting them fall behind. We can’t really afford tuition for every subject, but I keep hearing other parents talk about their kids going for Math, English, Chinese etc and it makes me feel like maybe I’m not doing enough. For those of you who had tuition growing up, did it actually help that much? I’m scared that by the time I realise my kid needs help, it’ll already be too late.

Everyone talks about the stress tuition has on kids, but honestly I feel like it did help me with dealing with all the stresses of adult life. Like extra deadlines workload or what not. Wondering what do you guys think?

First-time parent here and I genuinely can’t tell if I’m being too relaxed about this.

My child is still in lower primary and isn’t failing or anything, but I keep hearing other parents talk about tuition like it’s basically part of the school timetable now. English tuition, Math tuition, Chinese tuition… some kids seem to have something on almost every weekday.

I always assumed tuition was more for when a child is actually struggling? Like if they’re already passing and understanding most of what’s taught in school, wouldn’t extra tuition just be paying someone to teach them the same thing twice? 😅

But then another part of me wonders if I’m supposed to start early so they don’t fall behind later. I’ve even heard people say that by P3, if you haven’t started tuition, you’re already playing catch-up… which sounds slightly ridiculous to me, but maybe I’m just naive.

I’m also trying to work out a budget. I was thinking maybe $4000 a month total for one or two subjects should be more than enough at P1/P2?

And honestly, do P1/P2 kids even need specialised tuition teachers? I feel like at that age most of the work is basic enough that any decent tutor should be able to teach all the subjects.

I’m pretty new to navigating the whole primary school tuition scene and honestly have no idea what a “normal” budget is anymore.

I’ve been looking around and the prices seem to be all over the place. Some centres are around $150–$250 per subject each month, while others can easily go much higher. Then there’s 1-to-1 tuition, which seems like a completely different ball game.

My child is still in primary school, so part of me feels like I shouldn’t go overboard this early. But at the same time, I also don’t want to wait until they’re really struggling before getting some extra help.
For parents here, roughly how much do you spend on tuition per child every month?
Would be really helpful if you could share their level, how many subjects they have tuition for, and whether you feel the money has actually been worth it.

I’m trying to figure out whether something like $500-$800/month is realistic or if I’m completely underestimating what parents are spending nowadays 😅