While pupils' grades tend to dip between Primary 3 and Primary 5, many parents who approach self-help group Yayasan Mendaki for tuition assistance do so only in the run-up to the Primary School Leaving Examination when their children are in Primary 5 or Primary 6.
This was an interim finding of a research project by the group, which is working with the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS).
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