One of the most popular forms of tutoring in Russia is the classes of teachers with young children. If earlier such teachers were engaged exclusively for the preparation of children for entering the first grade of a prestigious school, now very often teachers are preparing children for admission to a good kindergarten.
According to the latest sociological surveys, the number of families who paid private teachers for additional classes with children up to four years old is five percent of the total number of paid additional education services. If you do not take into account individual classes with tutors, then, for example, in Moscow, seventeen percent of families paid for their children additional preschool education, the largest indicator was recorded in Kazan: Kazan teachers conduct additional classes with twenty percent of preschool children. It is worth considering the fact that this trend remains unchanged for several years now.
In the case of private tutors for school -age children, then every tenth family in any big city in Russia resorts to their services. Moreover, this is not at all about applicants preparing for the exam. Every tenth family hires a tutor so that he helps a child to cope with the school curriculum. In addition, statistics have not taken into account additional classes that are held with lagging students in schools. Moreover, the situation that develops with this type of class is very interesting. On paper, such classes should be completely free, but in fact, many teachers themselves push weak students to classes in additional groups, after which they may require direct payments, or “gently” hint at the need for gifts. In turn, the child, once in such a group, is unlikely to be able to abandon additional classes, because their results are displayed by the teacher himself in improving assessments. Thus, the child can be proceeded in such a group for several years, and only an independent exam will show the level of effectiveness from these classes.
Today there are a huge number of different tutors who prepare children for admission to universities. This type of preparation includes courses that are officially conducted by universities as part of a preparatory program for applicants. But still, a larger number of students give preference to classes with private teachers. It is interesting that since the introduction of the exam, the demand for university teachers preparing for admission has fallen, and the need for the training of students from school teachers has sharply increased. Together with the growth of relevance, the prices of the services of all private tutors have risen also rose. The exam was the reason that the cost of preparation for admission has almost doubled.
