Punjab, graduates from math are being taught the British syllabus so they can give private lessons by phone and through internet.
Graduates based in India are being trained to give maths tuition to British children over the telephone and online, at all hours of the day and night.
A tutoring agency has hired 100 tutors in Punjab and coached them in the primary school curriculum and GCSE and A-level syllabuses, so that they can teach school children of all ages.
London-based Bright Spark Education Company –said they had turned to India because it was so difficult to find maths graduates in the UK who wanted to be fulltime tutors. The Indian tutors will be available 24 hours a day and seven days a week. They will be paid £7 an hour. The minimum wage in Punjab is £2.52.The agency says parents can cut costs by hiring an Indian-based home tutor, rather than one who lives in the UK. It is charging £12 per lesson, less than half the amount parents would normally pay for one-to-one private tuition.
Maths teachers are in chronic short supply in this country. Maths graduates are offered a golden handshake of £5,000 when they enroll on postgraduate teacher training courses. In 2009, some 5,980 students graduated in maths in the UK. In India, 690,000 students graduate with degrees in science and maths each year.
The tutors use an interactive whiteboard to conduct lessons. They communicate with pupils through a headset. Pupils can see the tutor's face on their screen. The agency takes bookings from parents and teachers, and timetables when the tuition will take place. Each session is recorded so that students, parents and teachers can replay it.
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