19th September 2018 9:00
By Blue Tutors
The head of the Tutoring Association in Australia has hit back people who have criticised the tuition industry recently, claiming that many students who employ a private tutor don’t need one. The tuition sector in Australia is growing at around 3% per year, and is already worth $1.3 billion. The majority of students receiving tuition are in years 5 and 6, and 10 and 12, ages 11 and 12, and 16 and 18 respectively.
Mohan Dhall is the Tutoring Association chief, and he says that many of the teachers who criticise private tuition are actively benefitting from tutoring themselves. He claims that teachers tell their students that they don’t need a tutor, but, after school hours, those same teachers are tutoring students, so earning income from tuition and not declaring it.
Dhall continues to say that many teachers employ tutors for their own children, and these teachers include school principles. He even knows of government ministers who find tutors for their children. Dhall thinks that the friction between tutors and teachers is creating a problem, and says “People pay money to have their children improve and get a benefit at something so why don’t we look at the child’s interest and have schools, tutors and parents working together to see what we can do best to benefit that child.”