The Tuition Phenomenon in Malaysia
A superiority in numbers of tuition centres has been setup in urban areas of Malaysia. Students in urban areas generally go to tuition centres. Some because of pressure by parents to do well, while some unable to cope up with the standard of the current education.
One professor at the University of Malaya deploring university students who could not write letters, debate, or understand footnoting. A former Education Director-General, Murad Mohd Noor, agreed, saying that "The rat race now begins at Standard 6 with the UPSR, with the competition resulting in parents forcing their children to attend private tuition." He also expressed dismay at the prevalence of students taking 15 or 16 subjects for the SPM, calling it "unnecessary".
The tuition industry is in itself extremely large, and was reported to be worth about RM 4 billion. There is also the problem where tuition centres offer crash courses for most of the central exams where they offer leaked questions. These leaked questions are usually obtained by lacking principles or moral scruples means, but so far the control of leaked questions by the government has not been reasonable, with an average of two leaks every year.
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