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Part-Time Tutor Jobs in Alor Setar, Malaysia

Part-time tutor jobs in Alor Setar put you at the centre of northern Kedah's tuition market, where students prepare for SPM, STPM and MUET on the way to Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). The Kedah state capital and royal town is anchored by Istana Anak Bukit, Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR) and the KTM ETS terminus, in the paddy belt known as the country's "Bowl of Rice".

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Posting updated 27 October 2026

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The job

Part-time tutor in Alor Setar

Pay
RM40 to RM220 per hour
Where you teach
Alor Setar: home or online
Hours
Part-time, hours you choose
Experience
No prior tutoring experience needed.
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· Recruiting all year.

Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid has taught Kedah boys since 1908, and with SMK Sultanah Asma it still fixes the ceiling Kedah students measure themselves against.

You will sit with Tingkatan 4 and 5 students from those two schools, the mission classrooms of SMK Convent Father Barre and SMK St Michael, and SMJK Keat Hwa, where the Mandarin-medium cohort comes up the SJK(C) Keat Hwa feeder track carrying SPM and UEC ambitions. Weekday evenings belong to Sains Tulen.

Add-Math 3472 draws the longest queue, with Fizik 4531 and Biologi 4551 close behind and Kimia 4541 spiking at trial season. Under them sits Matematik 1449, beside Bahasa Melayu 1103 and Sejarah 1249, which have to be passed. English 1119 is taken seriously, a habit the mission schools left behind. Above them, a Tingkatan 6 cohort aims at UUM in Sintok, 50 km north, and at USM.

Their papers are Mathematics T 954 and Physics 960, Chemistry 962 for the science stream, Pengajian Am 900 for all, and MUET 800 banding because IPTA entry requires it. Trips inside this compact city run 15 to 25 minutes by car to a home in Anak Bukit, Kuala Kedah, Pumpung or Suka Menanti, with Aman Central, Alor Star Mall and Star Parade the usual meeting corners.

Online sessions stretch your reach toward Jitra, Pendang and Pokok Sena.

Local catchment

Schools in and near Alor Setar

Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid (KSAH)
premier national secondary (boys', est. 1908)
SMK Sultanah Asma
premier national secondary (girls', royal-favoured)
SMK Convent Father Barre
mission secondary (girls')
SMK St Michael Alor Setar
mission secondary (boys')
SMJK Keat Hwa
Chinese-medium secondary (SMJK)
SMK Sultan Badlishah
national secondary
Sekolah Menengah Sains Pokok Sena
fully residential science school (SBP, nearby Kedah)
MRSM Pendang
MARA Junior Science College (nearby Kedah)
Why this area

What Alor Setar looks like for an Edustar tutor

Alor Setar carries one of the deepest premier-school traditions in northern Malaysia. Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid (KSAH), the historic boys' college founded in 1908, and SMK Sultanah Asma, the royal-favoured girls' secondary, set the academic ceiling for SPM Sains Tulen across the state, supplying a steady share of Kedah's annual top-scorer cohort. Around them sit the mission heritage school SMK Convent Father Barre and a strong SJK(C) feeder track (Keat Hwa group) that pushes a Mandarin-medium cohort into SMJK Keat Hwa for SPM and UEC. Fully residential schools (SBP) like Sekolah Menengah Sains Pokok Sena and MRSM Pendang in the surrounding Kedah districts also pull in tuition demand from Alor Setar students before SPM. Pre-university demand is heavy on STPM and MUET preparation: UUM in Sintok (about 50 km north) and USM Health Campus in Kubang Kerian are the realistic IPTA targets, and both require MUET banding. Aman Central, Alor Star Mall and Star Parade are the usual mall corners for tuition meet-ups; most face-to-face sessions still run at the student's home in Anak Bukit, Kuala Kedah and Suka Menanti neighbourhoods.

Alor Setar is compact: most tuition trips inside the city take 15-25 minutes by car. The KTM ETS terminus puts the wider west-coast network in reach (Butterworth in roughly 1.5 hours, KL Sentral in about 4 hours on Gold service), but day-to-day teaching is overwhelmingly face-to-face at the student's home in Anak Bukit, Kuala Kedah, Pumpung or the new Suka Menanti developments. Mall-corner sessions cluster at Aman Central, Alor Star Mall and Star Parade.

Open roles

Tutor roles for Alor Setar

Most requested here: spm, stpm, muet

Popular

Mathematics Tutor

Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 6 · RM50–RM150/hr

Popular

English Tutor

Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 6 · RM50–RM150/hr

Sains Tutor

Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 3 (KSSR + KSSM) · RM50–RM140/hr

Bahasa Cina Tutor

Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 5 (SJK(C) + SMJK) · RM50–RM140/hr

Fizik Tutor

Tingkatan 4 to Tingkatan 6 (SPM + STPM) · RM60–RM170/hr

Kimia Tutor

Tingkatan 4 to Tingkatan 6 (SPM + STPM) · RM60–RM170/hr

Biologi Tutor

Tingkatan 4 to Tingkatan 6 (SPM + STPM) · RM60–RM160/hr

Ekonomi Tutor

Tingkatan 6 (STPM) + Cambridge A-Level · RM70–RM180/hr

Popular

MUET / Pre-University English Tutor

Tingkatan 6 / Pre-University · RM60–RM160/hr

UPSR-Style Upper-Primary Tutor

Tahun 5-6 · RM40–RM100/hr

Popular

SPM Preparation Tutor

Tingkatan 4-5 · RM60–RM160/hr

Popular

STPM Preparation Tutor

Tingkatan 6 / Pre-University · RM80–RM200/hr

IB Tutor

IB Diploma Programme · RM80–RM220/hr

IGCSE Tutor

Cambridge / Edexcel IGCSE · RM70–RM200/hr

Chinese Enrichment Tutor

Young learners (SJK(C) and national schools) · RM40–RM110/hr

Demand profile

What learners in Alor Setar ask for

SPM (Tingkatan 4-5)
Dominant demand from KSAH, SMK Sultanah Asma, SMK Convent Father Barre and SMJK Keat Hwa: Sains Tulen core (Matematik 1449, Add-Math 3472, Fizik 4531, Kimia 4541, Biologi 4551) plus must-pass Bahasa Melayu 1103 and Sejarah 1249. English 1119 is taken seriously here given the city's mission-school heritage.
STPM (Tingkatan 6)
Steady STPM cohort feeding UUM (Sintok) and USM: Mathematics T 954, Physics 960, Chemistry 962, Biology 964 and Pengajian Am 900 are the recurring papers, with strong demand for Bahasa Melayu 900 essay coaching.
MUET / Pre-University English
MUET 800 is required for IPTA entry, and Alor Setar's UUM-bound cohort drives consistent MUET prep demand. Speaking and writing CEFR B1 → B2 progression are the most-requested modules.
Sekolah Rendah (Tahun 1-6)
Upper-primary readiness tuition (Tahun 5-6) sits at the SK / SJK(C) Keat Hwa cluster level, with Bahasa Melayu, English, Matematik and Sains as the standard four-subject pack feeding into the premier secondaries.
How it works

Start teaching in Alor Setar

  1. Step 01

    Apply

    Short online form

  2. Step 02

    Screening

    Background and subject check

  3. Step 03

    Get matched

    We match you with learners in Anak Bukit, Kuala Kedah, Pumpung and Suka Menanti, most of them 15 to 25 minutes apart by car.

  4. Step 04

    Teach

    Home or online, paid hourly

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Why Edustar

Why tutor in Alor Setar with Edustar

Students brought to you

Matched by subject and area

Your schedule

Part-time, your own hours

Competitive MYR pay

Hourly, for every session

Pairing Alor Setar neighbourhoods into one tutoring evening

Alor Setar teaches well in clusters. Anak Bukit and Kepala Batas sit on the same northern side of the city, so an Add-Math 3472 learner in one and a Biologi 4551 learner in the other fit a single evening with time to spare. Mergong and Taman Uda pair just as neatly closer to the centre.

Kuala Kedah runs out towards the coast, and tutors who take a learner there tend to group a second session in Simpang Kuala or Tanjung Bendahara on the way back. Suka Menanti and Pumpong suit a tutor based around Jalan Langgar.

Online lessons fill the hours that driving cannot. A late Mathematics T 954 session for a Tingkatan 6 candidate in Jitra, or a MUET speaking drill for a learner in Pendang, slots in after the last home visit without another trip on the road.

Who tutors in Alor Setar, and where each fits

Undergraduates heading home to Alor Setar from UUM and the Penang campuses bring fresh SPM memory, which suits Tingkatan 4 and 5 learners working through Fizik 4531 and Kimia 4541. Their timetable lines up with evening and weekend sessions across the semester.

Serving and retired teachers carry the deepest knowledge of KSSM and PBD, and learners preparing for STPM papers such as Physics 960 or Pengajian Am 900 value that grounding. Graduates working in the city often take MUET and English 1119 learners, since daily professional English is their own working language.

Trainee teachers from IPG Kampus Darulaman in Jitra add strength at primary level, guiding Tahun 5 and 6 pupils through KSSR Matematik and Sains.

  • Undergraduates: SPM sciences and Add-Math
  • Teachers: STPM papers and PBD-aware support
  • Working graduates: MUET and English 1119
  • Trainee teachers: KSSR primary subjects
  • Mandarin speakers: SJK(C) and Bahasa Cina 6351 learners

What Alor Setar applicants ask before their first offer

Tutors living in Sungai Petani often ask whether Alor Setar offers can reach them. The North-South Expressway makes the drive workable for a weekend block, and online learners in the city remove the drive entirely on weekdays.

Applicants strong in a single paper ask if that is enough. A tutor who teaches only Chemistry 962, or only MUET writing, receives offers matched to that paper, and Alor Setar's Tingkatan 6 candidates sit those papers every year.

Another common question concerns a learner who wants a change of tutor. Edustar handles that request directly, offering the learner a free tutor replacement, so the tutor never has to manage that conversation.

Questions

Tutoring in Alor Setar: FAQ

Which Alor Setar schools do the learners come from?

Most SPM learners come from Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, SMK Sultanah Asma, SMK Convent Father Barre and SMJK Keat Hwa, and Sains Tulen papers such as Add-Math 3472 and Fizik 4531 fill the bulk of the week. Primary pupils from the SJK(C) Keat Hwa cluster add a Mandarin-medium stream.

Do Tingkatan 6 candidates in Alor Setar book tutors?

Plenty of them. UUM in Sintok is about 50 km north, so Tingkatan 6 candidates book Mathematics T 954, Physics 960 and Chemistry 962, and nearly all of them need a MUET band for IPTA entry. Speaking and writing modules are the most requested.

Where do lessons happen in Alor Setar?

Mostly at the learner's home in Anak Bukit, Kuala Kedah, Pumpung or the newer Suka Menanti estates, since trips across the city take 15 to 25 minutes. Aman Central, Alor Star Mall and Star Parade host mall-corner sessions, and online lessons reach the rest of Kedah.

Ready when you are

Teach in Alor Setar with Edustar

Alor Setar gives you a concentrated premier-school market (KSAH, SMK Sultanah Asma, SMK Convent Father Barre and SMJK Keat Hwa are all within a 15-minute drive of one another) plus a UUM-driven STPM and MUET pipeline that runs every academic year. Demand stays strongest in SPM Sains Tulen, STPM science and MUET 800 banding for IPTA entry; in-person tuition at the student's home remains the norm, with online sessions opening up the wider Kedah catchment toward Jitra, Pendang and Pokok Sena.

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