Kuala Lampur, Feb. 3 -- All over Malaysia, tuition centres remain busy.

After-school classes have been the favourite 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 per week.

This is especially so in schools where the class sizes are too huge; it's a statistical trope that larger classes produce higher failure rates.

Yet I wonder how long the appeal of private tuition will last, not least in an age of AI.

How does the advent of Gemini change the way students learn? Does the ubiquitousness of the smartphone change any equations?

Are additional teachers still "necessary"? How do these developments affe...