Tuition, the silliness of it all

There is an article in today’s ST on tuition by Nirmala, ST’s
correspondent. In the article she quoted a Professor Mark Bray on some
of the characteristics of East Asian societies and the growth and
importance of tuition. ‘These East Asian territories are highly
globalised and competitive. They stress a need for workers to remain
ahead in skills and for students to acquire skills relevant to