In a country that places academic results on a higher pedestal than everything else, external tuition is a proper phenomenon in Singapore — seemingly borne out of sheer necessity than a supplementary inclusion.
It's a hugely lucrative industry indeed, with the thousands of anxious parents worried about getting their kids to the highest echelons of elite academia. ManyTutors — the largest tuition agency in Singapore — managed to conduct a survey across the industry to find out about the latest trends in Singapore with data from over 40,000 private tutors, nearly 30,000 tuition jobs and 30 tuition centres under them.