Part-time tutor jobs for UMK students at Kampus Kota, Pengkalan Chepa. Entrepreneurship, accounting, hospitality and veterinary undergraduates teach Kota Bharu learners, from SMK Pengkalan Chepa 2 and Maktab Sultan Ismail pupils to adults sitting MUET, at homes near Jalan Pengkalan Chepa or online after lectures.
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Faculty offices run Sunday to Thursday, so Friday and Saturday stay open for longer tutoring blocks with Kota Bharu learners.
SMK Pengkalan Chepa 2 sits on Jalan Institut Perguruan Kota Bharu, and MRSM Pengkalan Chepa is MARA's oldest operating junior science college.
FKP accounting and commerce, FPV veterinary science and FHPK hospitality English map straight onto SPM maths, biology, chemistry and English.
These subjects draw on what UMK students study daily, from FKP accounting and commerce to FPV biology, and what Kelantan schools examine.
Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 6 路 RM50鈥揜M150/hr
Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 6 路 RM50鈥揜M150/hr
Tingkatan 4 to Tingkatan 6 (SPM + STPM) 路 RM60鈥揜M170/hr
Tingkatan 4 to Tingkatan 6 (SPM + STPM) 路 RM60鈥揜M160/hr
Tingkatan 6 (STPM) + Cambridge A-Level 路 RM70鈥揜M180/hr
Tingkatan 6 / Pre-University 路 RM60鈥揜M160/hr
Tingkatan 4-5 路 RM60鈥揜M160/hr
Send one short form from your Kampus Kota hostel or rented room in Baung.
Complete the emailed tutor profile; Edustar checks your background and subject strength.
Receive offers from learners around Pengkalan Chepa, Taman Kurnia Jaya and central Kota Bharu.
Teach at the learner's home in Kota Bharu or online, planned around the Friday-Saturday weekend.
Students at other Malaysian universities and colleges can apply through these pages too.
UM 路 Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur
UKM 路 Bangi, Selangor
USM 路 Minden / Gelugor, Pulau Pinang
UPM 路 Serdang, Selangor
UTM 路 Skudai, Johor Bahru
UiTM 路 Shah Alam, Selangor
IIUM 路 Gombak, Selangor
Taylor's 路 Subang Jaya, Selangor
Sunway University 路 Bandar Sunway, Selangor
Monash Malaysia 路 Bandar Sunway, Selangor
MMU 路 Cyberjaya, Selangor
UNIMAS 路 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
UMS 路 Sepanggar, Sabah
UNITEN 路 Kajang, Selangor
UMT 路 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu
Nottingham Malaysia 路 Semenyih, Selangor
Towns near Kampus Kota where UMK students teach: Kota Bharu and surrounds.
A UMK semester has its own pulse: quiet opening weeks, a crowded run of assignments and presentations, a short mid-semester break, then final examinations and the long break between semesters. Kota Bharu learners keep a different calendar, built around school terms, PBD tasks and, for Form 5 candidates, the SPM written papers. A tutor who plans for both calendars from the first week keeps lessons running when either one tightens.
During your own final examinations, the simplest move is to shift a lesson to a weekend morning or switch it to an online session for a fortnight, agreed with the learner in advance. Learners preparing for SPM or MUET value that early notice, because their own revision plan depends on it.
The long break is where many UMK tutors gain ground. Students who travel home to Terengganu, Pahang, Johor or Sabah can carry their Kota Bharu learners online on Malaysian time, and pick up home lessons again when they return to Pengkalan Chepa.
Kampus Kota sits on the eastern side of Kota Bharu, close to Sultan Ismail Petra Airport, and the learners who register around it live in a ring of residential areas that a student on a motorcycle covers comfortably. Taman Maktab, Baung and Taman Kurnia Jaya are the closest, and many UMK students already rent rooms there.
Further out, offers come from Kubang Kerian, where many households sit close to the Universiti Sains Malaysia health campus, and from Tunjong, Panji and Lundang on the roads into the city. Central Kota Bharu, around Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra and the older streets near Pasar Siti Khadijah, brings its own steady flow of secondary and pre-university learners.
Most UMK tutors travel by motorcycle or ride-hailing, and a well-planned evening links two lessons in neighbouring areas. Tell Edustar how far you are happy to ride when you complete your profile, and offers are matched to that area.
The first offer usually arrives in the subject you named strongest. An accounting student from FKP might open with a Form 4 learner working on Matematik, while a veterinary student starts with a Form 5 candidate revising Biologi. Read the level and place on the offer, accept it, and the learner's details follow.
Your opening lesson is mostly diagnosis. Ask the learner to work through a recent school exercise, note where the reasoning slips, and leave with a clear picture of the next four weeks. Those four weeks go on record as your first progress note, addressed to the learner and copied to whoever signed them up, before your own UMK coursework fills the semester.
By the middle of the semester, most UMK tutors settle into one or two learners on fixed evenings. That rhythm protects your own grades, and it gives each learner the steady weekly contact that moves SPM and MUET preparation forward. Once that base holds, adding a third learner during a lighter semester is a choice you make on your own timing.
First-year students apply as soon as they settle into Kampus Kota. Edustar looks at your SPM or matriculation results, your diploma or foundation subjects and how clearly you explain, so a strong record in Biologi, Kimia or Matematik counts from the first semester onward.
Language is rarely a barrier in Kota Bharu. Many learners speak Kelantanese Malay at home and study in standard Bahasa Melayu at school, and tutors from other states teach comfortably in standard Bahasa Melayu or English. MUET candidates in particular want a tutor who keeps the whole lesson in English.
Hospitality and tourism students at FHPK often ask whether they suit academic subjects. Spoken and written English is your strongest lane, and MUET speaking and writing coaching draws directly on the presentation work FHPK programmes demand.
Students placed at UMK's Jeli or Bachok campuses take the online lane, teaching learners across Malaysia from their own room on the same weekly schedule as anyone at Pengkalan Chepa. Edustar runs the video-call room itself. Your side is a laptop or phone that lasts the full hour and hostel or rented-house Wi-Fi in Jeli or Bachok that holds through the session. For worked steps, a stylus on a tablet screen or an exercise book under a phone propped on a stand lets the learner follow live.
Yes. You choose the evenings and weekend days you teach, so lessons fit around FKP, FHPK or FPV timetables. Kelantan's weekend falls on Friday and Saturday, which gives Kota Bharu learners two full days for longer sessions with you.
Offers are sorted to your area first, so most sit near your room on Jalan Pengkalan Chepa. The D10 bus through Taman Kurnia Jaya reaches central Kota Bharu, and online lessons cover the rest.
They do. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students work daily with the biology and chemistry that SPM Biologi 4551 and Kimia 4541 test. That depth suits Form 4 and Form 5 learners at SMK Pengkalan Chepa 2 and MRSM Pengkalan Chepa.
Apply in minutes with your full name, WhatsApp number, email address and country of residence. Edustar emails a profile link, screens your background and subjects, and sends Kota Bharu offers that list the level, place and hourly rate.
Apply from Kampus Kota, get matched with learners near Jalan Pengkalan Chepa or online, and teach on evenings you choose.