How to be certain if you have hired the right private tutor for your child or not?

Choosing a private tutor is a tough job already and it becomes tougher when every tuition agency claims to have the best tutors. When you are hiring a private tutor for your child, you are investing a lot of money and entrusting them to help your child to become a better learner.

Most of the tuition agencies in Singapore are reliable and can provide the best tutors to deal with all their issues. For example, lost of students find K2 English quite difficult and that reflects in their poor mark sheet. So, you will need a tutor who has got excellent skills in the English language and can teach students of various ages with different approaches.

Though chances are high that the private tutor you will assign from a reliable tuition agency in Singapore will be quite helpful to your child. But that may not be the case every time and your child can still suffer or become worse. That clearly indicates that the tutor you have hired is not up to the mark. It’s not that the tutors are not qualified, but in most cases, they may fail to understand your child. So as the parent, you need to have the ability to distinguish between the right tutor and the wrong ones.

Here are some scenarios, which will tell you that your child is not getting the right attention from the tutor or you have just hired the wrong tutor.

Your child just wants to skip the tuitions

If you ask any children or even the teenagers to provide an extra hour after school and attend the tuition sessions, the majority of them will give negative feedback. But if the tutor is good enough, they will understand your child’s needs and will customize the sessions accordingly. This will only encourage your child to attend tuition classes after school time. They will be charged up and willing to learn, which will help them to become better students.

But if this is not happening with your child even after a few sessions, it indicates that the tutor has failed to understand your child. In such cases, you must talk to your child and ask them if they are enjoying the lessons or not. If they are responding negatively, you should talk to the tutor about it immediately and ask for the reasons.

You're being under or overcharged

A lot of people in Singapore thinks that tuition agencies charge a lot, which is not affordable for everyone. While it is true that you cannot expect free services, but the top-rated tuition agencies have a fixed rate and will never go over that.

The tuition prices can go up and down depending on the sessions or types of tutors you are looking for. For example, if your child is weak in English and needs a private PSLE English tutor for 2 hours, charges may vary from the regular prices.

But that doesn’t mean that the tutors are asking for low rates will be good. As the experienced and popular tutors will always be in demand and you have to pay higher prices to get private sessions. You can also rely on the new graduates or someone who has just become a private tutor only if they are represented by the reputable tuition agencies.

Several other factors will tell you that you have hired the wrong tutor, like

• if they don’t update about your child’s progress
• if they cancel lessons frequently and don’t cover
• if there’s no improvement in your child