Coronavirus: Tuition and enrichment centres go online, offering discounts and more resources for students
SINGAPORE - Tuition and enrichment operators have quickly moved classes online following the authorities' decision to suspend all centre-based classes from last Friday .
Many operators have tried to appease parents by giving discounts, credit vouchers or allowing them to enrol in more than one online class per week at no extra cost. "However, alternatives should be explored for parents who are unable to adopt home-based learning," said the 40-year-old, who works in the insurance sector.
Mr Su Wei Li, whose Primary 5 daughter and K2 son attend The Learning Lab and Berries, said:"These are not normal times. I don't expect online classes to be the same as physical sessions, but their solutions must be viable." He said that its interactive sessions for older students were well received."However, we have also received feedback on the discussion forum sessions implemented for our Primary 3 to Primary 6 pupils, asking that a more interactive approach be adopted. An issue of class scheduling for this same segment of students was also highlighted."
CAUGHT BY SURPRISE; MOVING LEARNING ONLINE Tuition and enrichment centres said the move to suspend their classes caught them off-guard as there had been no indication of school closures. All students across her 19 centres have started using Zoom and a new communication app the group developed since last Friday."Some of the feedback we have received is that quieter students are now more vocal and ask more questions, and the students are actually less distracted because they're not next to their friends physically," said Ms Lim.
Mr Samuel Seah, co-founder of Aspire Hub Education, said it is using a few platforms like Edmodo and Zoom for its classes now. "We understand that younger children may not be able to sit in front of a screen for two hours at one shot, and they may need more parental help," he said. "We spent the weekend organising our teachers into different teams, production, IT, video editing," said Mrs Barg.
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