Online tutoring scope in the UK 2016-2021


With the growing trend of distance learning and availability of online study materials, there has been yet another advancement in the field of education i.e. online tuitions. In the era of the internet where everything is being available under a single click, it is easy to find an online tutor facility as well. Online tuitions have many forms like text chat, audio, video and Skype calls as well. The students have the freedom to adopt any one of the various methods that are available through the online mechanism. Not only through videos, but there are sites that provide an online whiteboard teaching mechanism just like a normal classroom which is also called video conferencing. In this, the students can also have a live chat with their teachers and share files when required. The students majorly opt for maths tutors and science to study through online modes of tuition.

Apart from the student's online tutors also feel convenient to teach as it reduces their time and efforts to travel to different places or set up a classroom. Research shows that about 23% of the online tutors in the UK charge more fees in face-to-face teaching as compared to online mode. As in the online mode, tutors require desktops and a web camera or a laptop. The video can be shot in the bedroom, or even video conferencing can be done sitting in the room. However, when one has to take physical tuition, then it is a requirement that either the tutor sets up a suitable place for the students to come and sit. It might involve a great amount of capital. Another option is to move to the student’s place for teaching. This involves spending a lot of time and money. In both cases, the tutor charges a high amount of remuneration for the services provided.

In online tuitions, the students have to make an online payment. While in the physical tuition the case is entirely different. In face-to-face tuitions, it becomes easier to get the money for services provided. However, in online tuitions, it is quite difficult for the tutors to get the money. There have been many cases where students first take up online tuitions and then without any prior notice discontinue them. There is a lack of reliability among teachers and students as there is no interaction physically as it is there in face-to-face classes. This can act as a major drawback for the tutors and can highly affect their will to teach online.

Another very important aspect of online tuition is getting new clients. This becomes difficult many times as they do not have any direct interaction with the clients. Thus, online tutors have to take up various ways for promoting their business name, online marketing, online tutor directories, mouth publicity by students and Google ads. These really help the tutor to build up a potential clientele base and make the best possible use of their resources. As per a survey, the best option for publicising the business is always word of mouth. This is inexpensive as real feedback is obtained from the students who actually study from the online tutors. Google ads may be considered better, but are expensive and at the same time do a little help to the online tutors. This fact has been established through an interview conducted with various online tutors.  


As far as the parents are concerned for being in favour or against the view their children going for online tuitions is majorly positive. It means that the parents are mostly in favour of online tuitions firstly because of the convenience their children have. By opting for online tuitions, students can have access to the best of tutors while sitting in their own comfort zone. Secondly, parents also approve of online tuitions because there is a lack of experienced and expert teachers in the nearby vicinity. As the students have to travel long distances in order to seek better tutoring options parents feel it more comfortable to get expert guidance at home itself. As per a survey, most of the parents opt for online tuitions in the present scenario, and this trend is likely to rise by 2021. Moreover, there is a possibility that by that time a majority of the secondary students would go in for online tuitions.  

As the trend of online tuition is growing day by day, it is believed that more teachers will be available to manage a large number of students. It is also considered by many of the online tutors that the level of education is likely to get increased. This enables the poor section of the society to be able to afford quality education for their child and make him/her a qualified person. At the same time, it is possible that to deploy online tuitions in schools as well. This is so because the school has to appoint a specialist for every language that is being taught in the school. Rather it is possible to appoint an online tutor for all languages instead of appointing a teacher in the school. This would be more comfortable and easy for the school administration to manage the work simply.

There are certain barriers to implementing online education as the technology required for it might not be available to all the students as well as teachers. Also, the speed of the internet becomes a hurdle while the class is going on. If for any reason the internet connection of the tutor gets interrupted then the flow of teaching and studying gets highly affected. Also, the lack of knowledge hinders its progress. It means that the students are not well aware of the availability of online tuitions due to the lack of publicity. As the parents never get to meet the tutor, it requires extra effort to know the progress of the child. This lack of interaction between tutor and parent may cause confusion about the position of the students. 

Thus, there are many barriers that still need to be eliminated in order to make online education popular in the UK till 2021.

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