The tuition schools in Malaysia are experiencing a clampdown as Malaysian police stake out, harass and intimidate tuition teachers.
Recent reports of police raids and harassment have caused teachers to back out and go back in the said schools. This has affected the performance of students in schools.
You can read a news report in the news website of The Star.
For many of us in Asia Pacific, the issue of tuition schools are quite new. Maybe our friends from Malaysia can enlighten on the concept of tuition schools and these recent events.
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for western students, tuition is something you only need when you’re failing a subject. for malaysian students, it’s part of our lifestyle. students of all proficiency levels in any subject go to tuition for extra lessons because most of the time teachers in school aren’t able to complete the syllabus in time, much less explain the lesson properly. also, the teacher-to-student ratio is very high particularly among urban schools, which means a teacher can only give so much personal attention to each student in the class; also, there’s a tendency for class to be interrupted by non-academic activities, whether intentionally or otherwise. the concept of tuition is so common in malaysia that some students consider it as a place to socialise as well.
there will be exceptions to the rule, but students who don’t go for tuition and manage to excel in their studies are quite an anomaly.