Archive for January, 2006
It must have been a bad year for Singapore private schools. I had a discussion with one of the private school owners that day. And he told me student enrolment this year is the lowest compared to previous years.
I believe most schools will not survive for another 1 or 2 years. There are reports that indicate 70% of private schools in Singapore will close down within the next 5 years. Of course, those big ones like Informatics will pump in more capital to survive. But the smaller ones will suffer.
With the introduction of Singapore Quality Class Award (SQC), Schools awarded with SQC will enjoy green lane when processing foreign students applications. Schools without such awards find it hard to compete then.
Students overseas have been saying that private schools here are charging too high, with many hidden cost that comes along with their school fees. In fact, Singapore Private Education Organisation (PEO) are having a tough time with overseas recruitment. And it may take a while to improve the situation.
January 26th, 2006
This week alone, we received 5 request for music teachers. Problem is, we can’t find enough music teachers.
There are currently about 100 teachers in our database. But we believe it’s not possible for us to serve the increasing number of request from clients for music home tuition.
If you would like to request for a music teacher, pls fill in the request form and we will attend to you within 2 business days. Well, normally our coordinator will call you within 1 day. =)
Or you can browse through out music teacher listing and see if you can find a suitable music teacher. Normally they have good qualification.
Music teachers who has good teaching experience or qualification may register with us. There is no charges for registration and it is totally free.
January 23rd, 2006
There are queries from parents asking if we will provide termination agreement when either the student or tutor intend to terminate the tuition.
We do not provide this service. Reason being that we will not know what will be going on between the student and tutor after the assignment has begun for a few weeks. Normally, parents can suggest some simple arrangement with the tutor. And we do not think it will be a complicated situation.
Also, we are not in a position to resolve conflicts or disagreement that may arise. This is out of our job scope and we are not in your situation. However, parents can seek our assistance in the initial 2 weeks after the 1st lesson has started, because it is our responsibility to see that the 1st few lessons can start smoothly. But after that, we are in no position to deal with matters between the student and tutor.
We hope this can help to clarify some of your doubts.
January 19th, 2006
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