Tutoring Scheme Needs Help

For the past two years the Victoria Tutoring Scheme has been operating, on a volunteer basis, two homework centres in the Porirua District, one at Porirua College and the other at the Porirua Library. This year we are going back to both these centres. The Porirua Library centre which is for Mana students is on Mondays and Porirua College on Wednesdays.

The main aim of the scheme is to help college students with their homework. In a classroom situation where there are thirty to forty pupils to one teacher it is sometimes difficult for the teacher to help everyone. By having students experienced in subjects such as maths, science and english pupils are able to get tuition on an individual basis. The scheme is also for pupils who find it difficult to work among distractions at home.

As well as helping the pupils with their work a lot of the time is spent sitting round and talking about everything from aspects of Maori and Island culture to what horse will win the second leg on Saturday.

This is in brief what the tutoring scheme is all about. But there is an another reason for this article—the Tutoring Scheme needs help. We want people who are prepared to come out on a fairly regular basis to tutor in all subjects especially maths and science. But most of all we urgently want people with cars:

If you can help ring Bill Calner 559-462 (evenings).