Hundreds of university students queue up to apply for the position of a private tutor, outside a Chongqing bookstore in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sunday, July 22, 2007. [Photo: Chongqing Evening News]

 

Many university students dare not pick up a "full-time private tutor" job, as it asks them to live, play and study together with their pupil, in Chongqing Municipality in southwest China.

 

According to Sunday's Chongqing news reports, local parents seeking "full-time" private tutors want them to live together with their children and take an expansive role in their young ones life. This includes study guidance, playing together and overseeing housework, rather than only coaching children in their academic studies. Such parents are willing to pay no less than a thousand yuan a month as payment.

 

However, the ample rewards have not attracted many applicants, as many feel it would be a "tough task" to satisfy the parents and that living in another person's home makes for an "uneasy" existence.

 

These parents apparently either don't have time to assist their children or don't have the necessary expertise to guide them in their study. Formerly, these children simply watched TV all day, went out to play crazily or sat glued to the Internet. Now, these parents hope the installing of a well-educated and lively university student as a full-time tutor can provide better guidance and care for their children.

 

(CRI July 24, 2007)