Students who want to study at Hong Kong tertiary institutions have to take the HKCEE (Form Five) and the A-Level Examination (Form Seven).
Since the results of these public exams play such an important role, students tend to take tutorial classes after school to get better results.
Indeed, there are a lot of tutorial centres which help students prepare for these exams. The number of these centres is on the rise.
However, does it automatically mean that tutorial centres guarantee success? In my opinion, one of the reasons pupils take these tutorials is they get to take some classes which are not available at their school.
For example, arts students can opt for additional mathematics courses at tutorial centres. This way, students learn what they are interested in.
Some students attend tutorials to improve on what they have learned in school. For example, students who wish to be more proficient in English may take some language courses.
