01/03/2025
At Kumon, we are not here to only aid students who struggle in their studies. We aim to build each child individually based on their own abilities.
'Education should be individualised - human beings all have different levels of ability. If we were to take a class of 40 students, we would find that their levels of prowess in different areas would vary from the most capable (1st) to the least capable (40th). Therefore, instead of the traditional class format, wherein students are restricted by their school grade or age, we set out to provide individualised education that is perfectly tailored to each student's level of ability as we believe that this is the best way of developing every student's ability to the maximum. Without being restricted by school grade level, we can enable capable students to advance two, three, four or even more years ahead in their study. At the same time, for less-capable students, we start their study at three or four years below their current school grade level. They soon catch up and then surpass their school grade level.' Toru Kumon
