Parents make girl, 3, attend tuition

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The debate on the need for tuition has been heating up.

Shin Min Daily reported that toddlers as young as three are going for tuition, and even those who get good grades in school are not spared.

Senior Minister of State for Education and Law Indranee Rajah said in Parliament recently: "Our education system is run on the basis that tuition is not necessary."

This comment has spurred a number of parents to send in letters to the newspapers, pointing out the importance of tuition.

Ms Lin, 25, who has been teaching in a tuition centre for five years, said there were quite a few pupils who scored As in attendance at the tuition centre.

Ms Lin, who personally feels not everyone needs tuition, said some children are unable to focus on their studies and hence parents feel they need the extra boost.

The key thing, she said, is to see how the child progresses.

Her youngest student? A three-year-old girl whom she taught Mandarin to.