It is no longer considered shameful for students to attend tutorial classes when they make up their minds that they must seek extra help with their studies.
Tuition centres seem to many families to be the most efficient way to ensure students attain good grades.
The HKCEE is the 'passport' to Form Six which is why the majority of students seek extra help in a bid to upgrade their knowledge; they must demonstrate a high level of learning on the tests in order to achieve good results.
Without good results their chances are slim of entering higher forms, and ultimately of continuing their education to tertiary level.
Most tutorial teachers have wide experience in teaching, and some even help students to analyse past exam papers.
Students who attend tutorial classes also have the opportunity to experience what it's like to sit for lengthy tests by the practise they receive in using past examination papers.