Private tutoring has become a staple in Asian education. Six out of ten Indian primary school students in the West Bengal state receive private tutoring in addition to regular schooling, while in South Korea the number is almost nine out of ten students.
Tutoring is useful for students who do not learn as quickly or as well as as their peers and for students who want to work beyond the classroom. Even in countries where the tutoring rate is lower, there has been an increase in the amount of students who pursue private tutoring.
The onslaught of tutoring has called into question its effectiveness. In Asia, many researchers are tracking whether tutoring is beneficial for students as well as whether it’s cost-effective. Reviews of the education system will be made in addition to the research being done.
“[Researchers] should ask why [tutoring] exists in the first place and what can be done in the mainstream to make supplementary tutoring less desirable and necessary,” the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its study.
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