Kuala Lampur, April 28 -- All over Malaysia, tuition centres remain hugely popular.

After-school classes have been the favorite approach for parents to help their children excel in their studies for many decades now.

One report noted that the average Malaysian student spends six hours in supplementary tuition a week.

Yet I wonder how long the appeal of private tuition will last.

Education is one of the most fast-changing sectors in our society. Simply attend any conference on education and you'll be surprised how our schools can maintain their status quo given the improvements in technology, pedagogy, educational psychology and so on.

How do these developments affect tuition centres? Given that such centres are run more or less the s...