Getting Your Child Into The Right Selective School
As the world becomes more competitive, the importance of gaining the best education becomes more important to parents who want the best for their children.
Whilst many parents opt for private schools, the schools most likely to turn out 'high achievers' are in fact those classed as 'selective schools'.
These schools do not necessarily cost more to gain entry into, however they do require that students pass an exam to gain entrance.
For this reason, many parents are choosing private tuition as a means of increasing their child's likelihood of gaining entrance into such a school.
Among the most competitive areas of Sydney for selective school entrance include Sydney's Inner West and Liverpool areas.
Statistics indicate that over the past few years, more and more students are trying to gain entry into selective schools, with numbers continuously on the rise.
This is no surprise given the increasing importance that a good education will play in tomorrows competitive world.
Most of the children sitting the test will have had private tuition.
Whilst the schools will be the beneficiaries few if any will acknowledge the important role of private tutors and coaching colleges in supporting children and their families to prepare for the tests.
Preparation for entry into academically selective institutions is similar to entry in any other selective school, sporting, dramatic or musical: it requires that students demonstrate merit in the chosen field and application in order to succeed.
Australian Tutors Association CEO, Mr Mohaen Dhaill said, "Just as academically selective schools benefit from the excellent work done by tutors to prepare students for exams - including the test to get into such schools - so too do other schools benefit from coaches and mentors.
An element of the success of selective schools comes from the work of private tutors and coaching specialists", he said.
"It is time for these schools to acknowledge the important input private tutors, mentors and coaching make to students.
" There are many benefits of preparation with tutors and mentors for entry into the range of these schools including that the specialist support of coaches can not only help students do their best academically, creatively and in sports, but also can help students find their niche.
In this way, students who practice and perform and thus gain entry into academically selective institutions should not be distinguished from those who practice and perform and gain entry into sports high schools and performing arts high schools.
Whilst many parents opt for private schools, the schools most likely to turn out 'high achievers' are in fact those classed as 'selective schools'.
These schools do not necessarily cost more to gain entry into, however they do require that students pass an exam to gain entrance.
For this reason, many parents are choosing private tuition as a means of increasing their child's likelihood of gaining entrance into such a school.
Among the most competitive areas of Sydney for selective school entrance include Sydney's Inner West and Liverpool areas.
Statistics indicate that over the past few years, more and more students are trying to gain entry into selective schools, with numbers continuously on the rise.
This is no surprise given the increasing importance that a good education will play in tomorrows competitive world.
Most of the children sitting the test will have had private tuition.
Whilst the schools will be the beneficiaries few if any will acknowledge the important role of private tutors and coaching colleges in supporting children and their families to prepare for the tests.
Preparation for entry into academically selective institutions is similar to entry in any other selective school, sporting, dramatic or musical: it requires that students demonstrate merit in the chosen field and application in order to succeed.
Australian Tutors Association CEO, Mr Mohaen Dhaill said, "Just as academically selective schools benefit from the excellent work done by tutors to prepare students for exams - including the test to get into such schools - so too do other schools benefit from coaches and mentors.
An element of the success of selective schools comes from the work of private tutors and coaching specialists", he said.
"It is time for these schools to acknowledge the important input private tutors, mentors and coaching make to students.
" There are many benefits of preparation with tutors and mentors for entry into the range of these schools including that the specialist support of coaches can not only help students do their best academically, creatively and in sports, but also can help students find their niche.
In this way, students who practice and perform and thus gain entry into academically selective institutions should not be distinguished from those who practice and perform and gain entry into sports high schools and performing arts high schools.
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