Amila Arachchi is the Director and Senior Maths Tutor of Tuition Zone, who established the service in 2009 with a pretty simple dream – to help students of all ages and abilities to realise their academic ambitions.
Since launching, Amila (B.Eng Electrical Hons – RMIT) has assisted thousands of students in South East Melbourne through personalised tuition, while continue to improve internal systems at Tuition Zone and, ultimately, the quality of student outcomes.
While Amila is enormously proud of the success and growth of Tuition Zone, he is also a hands-on, exceptionally passionate mathematics tutor. For Tuition Zone students, he offers tuition in Maths Methods, Further Maths and Specialist Maths (Units 1-4).
“Tuition Zone is so successful because our tutors deliver lessons tailored to individual needs,” Amila said.
“I love helping students and watching them become confident in their subject. There is no greater satisfaction than seeing smiles on students’ faces when they understand the concept and achieve success.
“For example, I recall one student who had been underachieving due to excessive gaming. During his final year at high school, we developed a strategy to improve his study habits. We worked really hard and he achieved 43/50 in Maths Methods for his Year 12 exam. This was a great feeling for us both.”
Amila said his approach to tutoring is to use real-world examples to explain new concepts to students.
“This helps not only to improve understanding, but assists them with problem-solving throughout their young-adult life.”
In the near future, Amila’s ambition is to grow service delivery to include students with special needs, so all students can benefit from one-on-one tutoring.
