Recently, the qz news website in the United States published an article analyzing the influence of private tutoring on the success of education in Singapore. According to the article, in the programme for international student assessment (PISA), Singapore ranks among the best in mathematics, science and reading. The reasons for its success include: the government has invested heavily in the education system, the teachers are excellent, and many effective teaching methods have been developed in the fields of science and mathematics. Meanwhile, the whole country of Singapore has always attached importance to education. But in addition to these, the influence of private tutors and tutorial schools in Singapore on the success of education is often ignored.
The article lists a set of figures: in Singapore, 40% preschool children, 80% primary school students and 60% middle school students are spending money to make up lessons for themselves, while in 1992, only about 40% primary school students and 30% middle school students spend money to make up lessons. According to the survey, about 34% students spend $500 to $65,438+$0,000 per month to make up lessons, and another 65,438+$0.6% students spend $2,000 per month. The quality of education obtained by students through social counseling is affected by economic inequality. The marketing strategy of these tutorial schools is to successfully arouse parents' anxiety. "If you don't spend money, the child will lose at the starting line." Parents increasingly hope that children who have never been to school can master basic reading, writing and math skills in advance. In an extremely competitive atmosphere, children's freedom, games and rest time have to be sacrificed, and the word "fear of losing" by Singaporeans has become the daily state of many children and parents. A potential risk of this situation is that when private tutoring is on the rise, schools are likely to take the level of "children who make up lessons" as the basic level of classroom education. If the school does this, the consequences will be unimaginable for children who have no money to make up classes.