HOME TUITION GUIDE 2020

Complete Home Tuition Guide & Tips

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Complete Guide & Tips of Home Tuition Service in Malaysia

What is home tuition

What is the meaning of Home Tuition?

Home Tuition is home tuition teacher or private tutor giving 1 to 1 private tutoring service by teaching in the student’s house. 

The students can choose their preferred day & time to have the home tutoring session.

In Malaysia, there are a few many terms for home tuition like:

Benefits of Home Tuition

What is benefits of Home Tuition (Tuisyen Di Rumah/上门补习)?

Here are the few main benefits of home tuition:

  • Effective
  • Convenient
  • Safety
  • Time Saving
  • Focus

Guide for Parents/ Students

History of Home Tuition in Malaysia

Home Tuition service become more popular in Malaysia in early 2000. As that time is the economic boom in Malaysia. And many parents feels that education is more important for their kid’s future.

As Malaysian chinese parents also believe that “再穷不能穷教育,再苦不能苦孩子”. The meaning of it is “Even if we are poor, we won’t deprive our children of education. Even if we have to suffer, we won’t let our children suffer.”

In 2020, home tuition service or home tutoring demands in more popular in countries like Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Ireland & United Kingdom (UK). There are more than hundreds of big and small home tuition agencies in Malaysia & Singapore now.

As for in Malaysia, the few pioneers home tuition agencies in Malaysia is like Home Tuition 99, Tuition Studio, Home Tuition Care, Tuition Mall & Tuition Plaza.

Home Tuition 99 is one of the pioneer in home tuition service industry, they have around 32500+ tuition teachers around Malaysia in 2020 and is still very active in home tuition business.

But for now, the more popular & trusted home tuition agency in Malaysia is like Eric Home Tuition Agency, A1 Home Tuition, Home Tuition 2u & Tutor A1 & Home Tuition Malaysia.

If you are a university graduate (degree holder), master degree holder or a PhD holder who is looking for some extra income, you could register as home tutor at HomeTuition99, you will receive notification from them if there is any suitable tuition assignment/ home tuition jobs for you.

Popular Areas for Home Tuition Service

Home Tuition Service is available anywhere in Malaysia, as long as the tuition teacher willing to travel to the student’s house.

But the most popular/ high demanding areas in Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur (KL), Selangor, Penang & Johor (Johor Bahru) areas. 

Seremban is catching up as there are few new international schools located in Negeri Sembilan now.

Due to this, there are thousands of part-time tutor & full-time tutor in Malaysia, especially in Kuala Lumpur (KL) & Selangor.  

  • Home Tuition Georgetown
  • Bayan Baru
  • Bayan Lepas
  • Tanjung Tokong
  • Jelutong
  • Farlim
  • Sungai Ara
  • Mainland (Butterworth)
  • Maniland (Bukit Mertajam)
  • Mainland (Perai)
  • Mainland (Juru)
  • Mainland (Kulim)
  • Home Tuition Penang (Other Areas in Penang)
  • Johor Bahru
  • Bukit Indah
  • Kulai
  • Masai
  • Mount Austin
  • Nusajaya
  • Permas Jaya
  • Senai
  • Tampoi
  • Ulu Tiram
  • Skudai
  • Home Tuition Johor Bahru (Other Areas in JB)

What about for areas that have limited tutor?

For some other states like Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Malacca etc, they have limited choice of tutor. Some of the parents might look for their neighbours to teach their kids for some fees. 

But the main issue with this is that it is kinda hard to get a suitable or qualified tutor who can coach their child.

Due to this, they might consider online tuition service by using software like Zoom, Skyper, Google Classroom etc. I will explain later what is online tuition.

What is the market rate / home tuition rate for Home Tuition Service?

Home Tuition rate/tuition fees varies between home tuition agencies. Here I list down the tuition rate from Eric Home Tuition for your reference

Home Tuition rate varies between home tuition agencies. Here I list down the tuition rate from Eric Home Tuition for your reference.

Home Tuition Rates in Malaysia

  • UPSR (Std 1-6)
  • PT3 (Form 1-3)
  • SPM (Form 4-5)
  • Cambridge (Year 1-6)
  • IGCSE (Year 7-11)
  • A-Level/ Pre-U
  • Diploma/ Degree
UPSR (Std 1-6)
Std 1-3 from RM30/hour
Std 4-6 from RM35/hour

 

Above is the hourly home tuition rate for Normal Tutor.

VIP Tutor or Premium Tutor hourly tuition rate will be higher.

Normal Tutor = Tutor with 2-4 years experience in giving home tuition.

VIP Tutor = Tutor with more than 5 years experience in giving home tuition.

Premium Tutor = Tutor with more than 10 years experience in giving home tuition.

PT3 (Form 1-3)
Form 1-3  from RM40/hour

 

Above is the hourly home tuition rate for Normal Tutor.

VIP Tutor or Premium Tutor hourly tuition rate will be higher.

Normal Tutor = Tutor with 2-4 years experience in giving home tuition.

VIP Tutor = Tutor with more than 5 years experience in giving home tuition.

Premium Tutor = Tutor with more than 10 years experience in giving home tuition.

SPM (Form 4-5)
Form 4-5 from RM50/hour

 

Above is the hourly home tuition rate for Normal Tutor.

VIP Tutor or Premium Tutor hourly tuition rate will be higher.

Normal Tutor = Tutor with 2-4 years experience in giving home tuition.

VIP Tutor = Tutor with more than 5 years experience in giving home tuition.

Premium Tutor = Tutor with more than 10 years experience in giving home tuition.

Cambridge (Year 1-6)
Year 1-3  from RM35/hour
Year 4-6  from RM40/hour

 

Above is the hourly home tuition rate for Normal Tutor.

VIP Tutor or Premium Tutor hourly tuition rate will be higher.

Normal Tutor = Tutor with 2-4 years experience in giving home tuition.

VIP Tutor = Tutor with more than 5 years experience in giving home tuition.

Premium Tutor = Tutor with more than 10 years experience in giving home tuition.

IGCSE (Year 7-11)
Year 7-9  from RM60/hour
Year 10-11  from RM60/hour

 

Above is the hourly home tuition rate for Normal Tutor.

VIP Tutor or Premium Tutor hourly tuition rate will be higher.

Normal Tutor = Tutor with 2-4 years experience in giving home tuition.

VIP Tutor = Tutor with more than 5 years experience in giving home tuition.

Premium Tutor = Tutor with more than 10 years experience in giving home tuition.

A-Level/ Pre-U
A-Level from RM70/hour
Pre-U  from RM70/hour

 

Above is the hourly home tuition rate for Normal Tutor.

VIP Tutor or Premium Tutor hourly tuition rate will be higher.

Normal Tutor = Tutor with 2-4 years experience in giving home tuition.

VIP Tutor = Tutor with more than 5 years experience in giving home tuition.

Premium Tutor = Tutor with more than 10 years experience in giving home tuition.

Diploma/ Degree
Diploma  from RM70/hour
Degree from RM80/hour

 

Above is the hourly home tuition rate for Normal Tutor.

VIP Tutor or Premium Tutor hourly tuition rate will be higher.

Normal Tutor = Tutor with 2-4 years experience in giving home tuition.

VIP Tutor = Tutor with more than 5 years experience in giving home tuition.

Premium Tutor = Tutor with more than 10 years experience in giving home tuition.

What is the Future of Home Tuition in Malaysia?

Home Tuition service in Malaysia just in the growing stage. It will be more and more demands for home tuition service as our new generation of parents need quality & efficient service which home tuition can provide.

Due to Covid 19 Coronavirus worldwide issue, more and more parents in Malaysia are looking for some alternative for home tuition service.

Another factor that will make home tuition becoming more demanding in Malaysia is because of the mushrooming of international schools in Malaysia.

Here I list down the Top 50 most popular international school in Malaysia.

international school teacher with kids

At present, there are more than 150 international schools in Malaysia

garden international school
kingsley international school
sayfol international school
help international school
fairview international school
international school
tenby international school
elc international school
regent international school
gems international school
igb international school
sunway international school
international school in malaysia
baseerah international school
mont kiara international school
nobel international school
international school of kuala lumpur
ucsi international school
cempaka international school
taylor’s international school
mahsa international school
inspiros international school
westlake international school
tzu chi international school
nexus international school
rafflesia international school
sri emas international school
dalat international school
maz international school
eaton international school
straits international school
hibiscus international school
tanarata international school
dwi emas international school
british international school
australian international school malaysia
nexus international school malaysia
asia pacific international school
kingsgate international school
st joseph international school
oasis international school
sri bestari international school
mutiara international grammar school
brighton international school
stella maris international school
idrissi international school
sri kdu international school
peninsula international school
zenith international school
kinabalu international school
lodge international school
sri dasmesh international school
taylor international school
acmar international school

Besides this, it will be more than few hunderds of regulated & unregulated numbers of home schooling centres which cover Cambridge Syllabus like IGCSE, A-Level & IB programmes in Malaysia.

The main problems were facing with homeschooling centre in Malaysia is they dont’ enough quality or trained teachers to teach the syllabus. Yet they have high turnaround of the tuition teachers as they can’t pay well compared to international school teachers. 

New way of Home Tuition : Online Tuition Service

Online Tuition becomes popular after the incident of Covid 19 Corovirus worldwide, including Malaysia in early February 2020. Malaysia was having country lock down during that time. 

All the schools in Malaysia are not allowed to operate including Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, International Schools even Higher Institution like Colleges, Private Universities and Public Universities.

For Online Tuition Service, the top service provider in Malaysia is

  • Eric Online Tuition
  • TeachnLearn
  • TeachMe
  • Edunation
  • TeacherOn
  • Pasxcel
  • SPM Online Tuition
  • Online Tuition Class
  • SPMFlix

How do I get online tuition in Malaysia?

There are few ways to get a online home tutor in Malaysia. The easiest way is to request an online tutor from home tuition agency as they various choice of home tutors for your selelctions.

Guide for Home Tutors/ Tuition Teachers

The home tuition service industry is growing fast every year. You need to master your knowledge to stay competitive.

You need to know the latest syllabus & the marking scheme for the subjects that you are teaching.

If you are looking for some home tuition jobs and make some extra income in Malaysa, you could register as tutor with Eric Home Tuition.

 

What is the requirement to become a tutor in Malaysia?

First of all, you need to have the passion to teach. You will enjoy the tutoring job if you really love to handle kids and enjoy the moment of delivering knowledge.

As the parents is kinda demanding nowadays, most of them require at least a university graduate or a degree holder to teach their kid.

And normally they don’t really fancy tutor without any experience in giving tuition. Minimum of 2 years teaching experience in home tutoring is the minimum requirement nowadays.

What if I am fresh without any experience in giving home tuition?

You still could start from zero, but parents won’t be paying high price for your service. Maybe your could start to teach lower level student in order to gain some experience and exposure first. 

Or else, you could offer to give home tuition service to your relatives or your friend’s kids for free to gain some experience (Experience really matters in home tuition).

 

How much should I charge for home tutoring?
How much does tuition teacher earn?

This article is written by Eric Chu, Founder of Eric Home Tuition.

Original Source Link is here: Home Tuition Guide in Malaysia

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