General Paper Tuition
Small group home tuition available for General Paper (A Levels).
Lessons will be conducted at tutor’s home.
General Paper syllabus covered:
- Paper 1 – Argumentative essays. Numerous GP topics covered.
- Arts and language
- Education
- Crime and punishment
- Sports and lifestyle
- Mass media and censorship
- Philosophy
- Politics and government
- Science and religion
- Science and technology
- Socio-economics
- Paper 2 – Comprehension
- Comprehenshion answering techniques
- Summary
- Application question
Details:
- Each lesson is 2 hours
- Max. number of students is 3
- Fees are payable at the beginning of each month
- If there are 5 lessons for the month, 5 lessons are payable
- More on fees and schedule
Exemption from QET:
- General Paper (‘AO’ Level GP) – B4 and above or
- General Paper (H1 Level GP) – C and above or
- Knowledge Inquiry (KI) – D and above
General Paper H1 Rank points:
- A – 10
- B – 8.75
- C – 7.5
- D – 6.25
- E – 5
- S – 2.5
- U – 0
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