private tuition

One-on-one instruction

Private tuition is one-on-one or small-group instruction outside regular schooling, typically paid for by parents seeking to supplement their child's education or prepare them for exams.

In British usage, tuition alone often means teaching, so private tuition distinguishes paid individual lessons from classroom instruction: She's getting private tuition in maths.

Americans more often say private tutoring.

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instructional format

private tuitiongroup classes

Instruction with multiple participants

classroom instruction · group lessons · mass education · public schooling · lecture halls

cost and accessibility

private tuitionstate education

Government-provided schooling system

public education · free tuition · community education · universal education

learning mode

private tuitionself-study

Learning independently, without guidance

autodidacticism · independent learning · self-directed learning · self-teaching · peer learning

Family

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