Sources revealed that the period leading up to the final exams for each semester witnesses significant activity in the private lessons market, in addition to the presence of strong competition between teachers, centers, and large discounts in class prices appear on the scene to attract students.
A number of parents explained that the competition between the “real” and “remote” private teachers, and the enrichment centers and schools, made private lessons available to all students, especially as they became a means of improving students’ performance in various academic subjects, and a real support for them financially and morally.
While a number of teachers and school principals confirmed that this competition, especially after the legislation of the private lessons system, opened the way for different categories of work to join the ranks of private teaching, Schools also allocated educational support classes to address students’ weak points.
But on another level, specialists in social and family education have noted that students are addicted to private lessons, as a gap can be created between the student, his teachers, and his school, in addition to the acquisition of some harmful characteristics such as (dependence, reduction of effort, lack of self-reliance, and inability of self-learning application that simulates modern education paths.
Private classes prices:
The sources reported that during a press interview with parents, it was confirmed that there is an abundance of private lesson offers in the period preceding the second semester exams for the current year, accompanied by reductions in class prices, especially vital subjects such as mathematics and science and its derivatives, which contributed to providing opportunities for choice, It facilitates the student's task in finding a good teacher.
The sources continued that there is a difference in prices according to the teacher, as the private teacher who moves to the home is considered the most expensive, as the cost of the class ranges between (100-150) dirhams, while the remote teacher receives (75-100) dirhams per class, while in the strengthening centers it is The cost of the class is (50-80) dirhams, depending on the subject and the number of students in one lecture.
In a statement, educational expert Amna Al-Mazmi confirmed that private lessons enhance the level of students in various academic subjects, and have also become a large field of knowledge that brings together teachers of various specializations, but there is an urgent need for more organization and supervision, and the formation of oversight teams to follow up and measure the quality of its outputs to keep pace to high quality of education in the UAE.
