Good morning to the honourable Mr Speaker, adjudicators, timekeeper,

Members of the
Opposition and Members of the House. As the second speaker, allow me to
refute some of the points raised by the esteemed First Speaker of the Opposition.
Firstly,

Secondly,

Thirdly,

My esteemed MoH, allow me now to explain two points that will hopefully
bring home the fact why we the government are in favour of the motion. We
believe that by attending tuition, students are able to perform better in their
examination due to proper time management. As we all know, secondary school
students comprises of students aged between 13 to 17 years old. Teenagers.
Brimming with curiousity, full of life and zest. Seeker of excitement, ever ready
to plunge into an adventure or mischief as they try to make sense of themselves
and the world. Ask most parents if their teens are able to study independently
and the answer is NO. Teens are easily distracted. Give them an hour to study by
themselves and most likely youll find them fiddling away with their hand phones
and gadgets.
MoH, to do well in the examinations, you need to manage your time properly. You
need to focus on subjects that you are not well versed in or have a hard time
digesting. To block an hour or so in a day and study that subject independently
would be an ideal thing to do-but how many teenagers have the discipline and
will to do so? This is where tuition comes in, MoH. When you sign up for tuition,
you have committed yourself to study and learn for a particular subject for a
particular hour. You have managed to take the first step in properly managing
your time, an important step in hopefully ensuring you do well in the
examination. As Stephen Corvey stated in his highly recommended book 7 Habits
of Highly Effective People, be proactive. Going for tuition is a proactive sign for

teenagers to have proper management of time. Allow me to give you an

example. Nik is a typical form four students who would rather read her friends
Facebook status updates rather than the dates a particular war takes place.
Knowing herself and her resistance towards History, she takes up a tuition class
in History. By this, she knows that at least for two hours a day, every week
she has managed to buckled herself down to focus on History. If left on her own,
other than completing her History homework that her strict and scary teacher
insists she completes, she would not be touching History at all.
This brings me to the third point to support our stand of the day-Positive
peer influence. Tuition creates an environment where there is positive peer
influence which in turns propels students to do better in the examination. When
a teen go for a tuition class, he or she will have a bond with others who attend
the same class. They are bound to motivate and egg each other to do better. For
example,

With that, allow me to reiterate that we the Government believe that

tuition is the answer to do well in exams and for the motion to stand. Thank you.