Primary Education

The origin of the term 'education' can be traced to Latin roots from the term 'educare' meaning 'to raise' or 'to nourish'. The main purpose of bestowing education is to imparting and development of knowledge and its significant application in life in positive aspects and also in the growth of wisdom and social and cultural consciousness. Literacy is a fundamental right of every human being irrespective of geographical boundaries and every child is entitled to receive basic education. Different disciplines contribute accordingly in the spread of education. Here it is to be pointed out that education begins form the grassroots level at home among one's family and peers but elementary school education begins in the form of primary education and is followed by secondary education and then higher education. Primary education more often follows nursery or pre-school education.

Primary education is a vital stage in the development of the consciousness and personality of the child as it is at this juncture that a whole new world of bright ideas and knowledge open up in front of their eyes. At this stage children are extremely inquisitive and elementary education must encourage this tendency among the children. As the child attains about twelve years of age, he becomes eligible for high school or secondary education. However there are several educational institutions which provide middle school facilities which make the transition form primary to secondary schools quite gradual. Literacy is one of the most important goals that primary education sets to achieve and primary education concerns itself with introducing the study of history, geography, science and the various social sciences along with the necessary languages that need to be learnt. Primary education also encourages the practicing of the liberal arts like music, dance, fine arts and even facilitates physical fitness along with the development of the mind.

Primary School Tutor Singapore

Finding a good Primary School Tutor in Singapore will give your child an extra edge in his/her work. A good tutor should be able to kinder the interest in a child so that learning is enjoyable. When children enjoy a subject, it greatly helps retention of what is being taught.
I remember an important lesson I learn in English was the usage of phonics taught by my tutor while I was still in Kinder garden. That was the foundation, or building blocks for learning the English language. In the area of maths, there is a new method called the Sakamoto method which, I never learnt, but from what I have seen being taught from private tutors that have teach this, it allows maths problem solving to be solved quickly as compared to what is taught through normal curriculum.
There are many good tutors in Singapore, the ones that I find generate good results for P6 students sitting for their PSLE are those that have 20 years experience in the primary education level. This is because they are very familiar with the type of questions that are going to appear in the yearly PSLE exams, and are thus better able to prepare their students. A good tutor that coached me once upon a time is called Mdm Jan, she's in her 50s now, and is one of the best and most dedicated tutors for the primary school education level I know. If you're looking for a tutor for your child, if you're lucky, she may have a vacancy for you.