Her son, who is in Secondary 3, attends classes for English and mathematics at a premier tuition centre in Thomson once a week - two hours per session.
He also takes a 21/2 hour weekly Chinese class in a popular language school.
And he gets one-on-one tuition - each for about two hours - for physics, chemistry and biology with a private tutor.
All these classes are on top of the regular supplementary lessons that his school gives.
Madam Irene Tan, a housewife who is in her early 40s, says: "It's money that we can afford and it's totally well-spent."
She says: "All parents just want the best for their child's education."
To top it off, she pays people to do her son's homework when he can't cope with the combination of school and tuition assignments.
She pays $200 per hour if they have to swing by before midnight and $250 an hour when it's later.
Madam Tan is not the only one willing to pay through the nose for intensive tuition to help her child.
Mrs Soh, 40, a civil servant, who lives in a condominium in the east says: "My husband (who is also a civil servant) and I don't have the time to coach our children."
She adds: "Education is an expensive affair here but the paper chase makes it necessary for us to equip our children with the best education possible."
Her daughters, one in Primary 4 and another in Sec 2, take English, mathematics and science at an elite tuition centre for a sum of "close to $4,000".
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