Q: How much does JC tuition cost in Singapore in 2026? A: There is no official nationwide price table for JC tuition. Compare each provider's current written quote, lesson duration, frequency, class format, and separately charged items. At Eclat Institute, the confirmed published fee is SGD 360, SGD 380, or SGD 400 per month according to intake period. Each monthly fee covers four weekly 1.5-hour lessons.
Quick answer
Convert every quote to the same number of teaching hours before comparing it.
Build the budget from the actual number of billed months. Do not multiply by two years unless the provider confirms the billing schedule.
Treat fee level, tutor biography, class size, and testimonials as separate facts. None proves that a student will improve by a particular grade or date.
Confirm the assigned teacher, course, full price, cancellation terms, and refund policy in writing.
Last reviewed: 19 July 2026.
The Eclat-owned prices and programme statements below were checked against the live programme pages and confirmed as current by Marcus Pang. This confirmation does not validate any other provider's price, market-wide range, or learning outcome.
Eclat's confirmed 2026 H2 tuition fees
Eclat currently publishes one theory-pricing structure across its H2 Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology programme pages.
The hourly figures are calculations for comparison, not separately purchasable hourly rates. Each divides the monthly fee by 6 teaching hours: four lessons multiplied by 1.5 hours.
Eclat's programme pages say that students who enrol in the Regular or Catch-up intake and continue into the next year reset to the Early Intake fee of SGD 360 per month. The pages also say that holiday revision classes are quoted separately. The science pages identify Paper 4 intensives as separately quoted too.
Confirm the current tier, start date, class, billed months, and any separate programme before paying. A page checked today is not a promise that a price can never change.
Why this guide does not publish a Singapore market average
The former version presented precise market bands for undergraduates, full-time tutors, former MOE teachers, specialist centres, online classes, and individual subjects. It did not provide a reproducible survey showing which providers were sampled, when their prices were collected, whether taxes and materials were included, or how lesson lengths were normalised.
Those bands have therefore been removed. A current price comparison should record, for each provider:
the provider and exact programme;
the date the quote was obtained;
group size or one-to-one format;
lesson length and number of lessons in the billed period;
the recurring fee;
every compulsory one-off or periodic charge; and
the cancellation, replacement, credit, and refund terms.
Without those fields, two monthly prices may describe materially different services.
Put every quote on the same basis
Use three separate numbers.
1. Effective teaching-hour fee
Divide the recurring fee by the number of lessons in the billing period multiplied by the hours in each lesson.
Example: a monthly fee of SGD 320 for four 2-hour lessons represents 8 teaching hours, or SGD 40 per teaching hour. This is only an arithmetic example, not a verified market quote.
2. First-billing-period cash outlay
Add the recurring fee, compulsory one-off charges, and compulsory add-ons due in the first billing period.
This number helps a family distinguish the recurring price from the amount actually due before lessons begin.
3. Planned-period total
Multiply the recurring fee by the confirmed number of billed periods, then add the other confirmed charges.
Do not assume there are 10, 12, 20, or 24 billed months. Ask the provider which school holidays, public holidays, examination periods, and closure periods are billed and how missed lessons are handled.
Worked Eclat budget examples
These examples apply the confirmed monthly tiers mechanically. They do not state how many months a student should attend and exclude separately quoted programmes.
Scenario
Calculation
Total
One subject, 6 billed months at Early Intake fee
SGD 360 x 6
SGD 2,160
One subject, 10 billed months at Regular Intake fee
SGD 380 x 10
SGD 3,800
One subject, 10 billed months at Catch-up Intake fee
SGD 400 x 10
SGD 4,000
Three subjects, 10 billed months at Early Intake fee
SGD 360 x 3 x 10
SGD 10,800
A real invoice may differ if the enrolment crosses intake periods, a continuing student's fee resets in the next year, the number of billed months differs, or the family adds a separately quoted programme. Obtain the applicable written quote rather than choosing a row solely because it resembles the intended plan.
Compare what the recurring fee includes
Price is useful only when the service boundary is clear.
Question
Why it matters
Who teaches the enrolled class?
A provider biography does not establish who will teach every session.
How many students may be in the class?
"Group" and "small group" are not universal sizes. Ask for the actual cap or expected class.
How much marked work is included?
Access to notes is different from individual marking and feedback.
What happens after an absence?
A replacement, recording, credit, or forfeited lesson has a different value.
Are materials compulsory and separately charged?
A low recurring fee may not be the complete payable price.
Are holiday classes or intensives optional?
A separately advertised programme should not silently become necessary to complete the course.
Is practical work included for a science subject?
Theory discussion and hands-on apparatus work are different services.
What is the cancellation and refund rule?
The written contract should control the answer, not a verbal summary.
For H2 science, ask exactly what "practical" means. It may refer to planning questions, supplied-data analysis, demonstrations, or hands-on use of apparatus. These are not interchangeable.
Group, one-to-one, and online are format choices
The previous guide ranked formats and attached universal outcome claims to them. A format can change pacing, interaction, scheduling, travel, and how work is submitted, but it does not guarantee a result.
Group class
Check the actual group size, how questions are handled, how written work is reviewed, and what happens if the class pace does not fit the student. The advertised maximum and the enrolled class size may differ, so ask which one is being quoted.
One-to-one lesson
Check whether the tutor prepares a defined sequence or simply reacts to the student's current schoolwork. Ask how independent practice and progress will be reviewed. A higher price alone does not establish better matching or teaching.
Online lesson
Test the real device, connection, writing method, submission process, feedback loop, and fallback for a disrupted lesson. If sessions are recorded, ask how the recording is notified, secured, accessed, retained, and deleted.
Check the provider and contract
MOE says a private school offering education to 10 or more people must register the school, courses, and teachers with MOE. Its examples include tuition and enrichment that teach subjects also offered in mainstream schools.
MOE also says registration is not an endorsement or accreditation of the school's quality. Parents may ask to see the registration certificate and the permission letters for the course and assigned teacher. The provider's exact legal or registered name matters when checking MOE's list.
Before payment, retain:
the dated quote and itemised fee schedule;
the exact course and assigned-teacher details;
the lesson frequency, duration, format, and class-size representation;
every compulsory charge and payment date;
the replacement, cancellation, withdrawal, and refund terms; and
any result claim or service promise that affected the purchase decision.
This record is more useful than relying on an uncaptured sales conversation later.
Decide how many subjects to fund
There is no evidence-based rule that every JC student should take tuition for every H2 subject, or that one particular format is always worth its price.
For each proposed subject, write down:
the specific problem to solve;
a dated baseline such as marked schoolwork or a recurring error pattern;
what the paid programme will do that the student's current support does not;
what evidence will be reviewed and when; and
whether the timetable still leaves enough time for schoolwork, sleep, and independent practice.
Review the programme against that agreed objective. Do not require an arbitrary one-grade improvement or a fixed number of weeks from every student. Assessment difficulty, topic mix, attendance, starting point, and independent work can all change the result.
FAQ
Q: What are Eclat's current JC tuition fees? A: Eclat publishes monthly theory fees of SGD 360 for Early Intake, SGD 380 for Regular Intake, and SGD 400 for Catch-up Intake. Each covers four weekly 1.5-hour lessons. Confirm the applicable tier and separate charges before enrolment.
Q: Is SGD 400 per month a normal Singapore rate? A: This audit did not find an official nationwide price dataset that makes "normal" a reliable label. Compare the actual teaching hours, format, class, assigned teacher, included services, and total payable price.
Q: Are online lessons cheaper than in-person lessons? A: Not necessarily. Obtain like-for-like written quotes. Delivery format alone does not establish price, lesson length, class size, marking, practical access, or outcome.
Q: Does a former MOE teacher justify a higher fee? A: A relevant and accurately represented teaching background may matter to a family, but the title alone does not establish fit, current syllabus knowledge, assigned-teacher identity, class delivery, or results. Verify the credential and evaluate the actual service separately.
Q: How should I compare monthly fees with package fees? A: Calculate the effective fee per teaching hour, first-period cash outlay, and full planned-period total. Include every compulsory charge and use the provider's actual billing schedule and contract.
Q: How do I know whether tuition is working? A: Agree on a student-specific objective, dated baseline, intended intervention, evidence source, and review date. Use comparable marked work where possible, but interpret changes in the context of topic and assessment difficulty. No provider can responsibly guarantee a particular grade by a universal deadline.
