Part-time tutor jobs for UUM students in Sintok who want to teach between lectures and INASIS evenings. Business, law, economics and arts undergraduates tutor school and pre-university learners online, or meet them in Changlun, Jitra and Alor Setar along the R15 bus line out of campus.
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The semester break after the July final assessment runs into mid-September, giving you weeks of open evenings and weekends for regular learners.
Economics, accountancy, quantitative sciences, languages and education schools sit inside UUM, so your degree already covers what SPM and STPM learners study.
BAS.MY R15 links campus with Changlun, Jitra and Alor Setar, and Kolej Matrikulasi Kedah sits about 1 km from Changlun town.
These subjects match UUM's business, economics, quantitative sciences and language schools, and the SPM, STPM, MUET and matriculation learners around Sintok and Kubang Pasu.
Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 6 路 RM50鈥揜M150/hr
Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 6 路 RM50鈥揜M150/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
Tingkatan 6 / Pre-University 路 RM80鈥揜M200/hr
Fill in the short form from your INASIS room or the library in minutes.
Use the emailed link to finish your profile; screening covers background and subject strength.
We match you by subject, level and area: Sintok, Changlun, Jitra or Alor Setar.
Teach one to one online or at the learner's home, paid hourly.
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UNITEN 路 Kajang, Selangor
UMT 路 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu
UMK 路 Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan
UTeM 路 Durian Tunggal, Melaka
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Towns near Sintok where UUM tutors meet learners: Changlun, Jitra and Alor Setar.
Most UUM timetables bunch lectures and tutorials into the morning and early afternoon, which leaves a clear stretch from about four o'clock onward. That stretch is where tutoring fits best. Secondary school learners in Kubang Pasu are home from school by then, and an SPM candidate revising Matematik or English is usually ready to sit down after dinner.
A workable pattern for a UUM tutor is two online evenings on weekdays and one longer block at the weekend. The weekday lessons run from an INASIS room or a quiet corner of the library, so the campus bus timetable never decides whether a lesson happens. The weekend block is the natural time to travel to Changlun or Jitra for a face-to-face learner.
Group assignments and presentations at UUM tend to cluster in particular weeks of the semester. Tutors who mark those weeks on their calendar at the start of term can keep their learner slots steady through them, and learners value that consistency more than anything else a tutor offers.
The road south from campus passes through several communities where learners register for tuition. Changlun is the closest town, a short ride away, and its secondary schools send SPM candidates looking for help with Matematik, Prinsip Perakaunan and English essays. Kolej Matrikulasi Kedah sits close by, so matriculation students taking Economics or Mathematics are part of the demand here too.
Jitra, the administrative centre of Kubang Pasu, has a larger cluster of secondary schools and housing areas. Learners there range from Form 1 students settling into KSSM to Form 6 candidates working through STPM Ekonomi. A tutor who can cover both levels in one afternoon makes a single trip to Jitra worth the journey.
Alor Setar sits at the end of the line and carries the widest spread of requests: primary KSSR learners, SPM candidates, STPM students and adults preparing for MUET. UUM tutors who enjoy a longer ride often keep one Alor Setar learner and teach the rest online.
Economics at STPM rewards students who can draw a clean supply and demand diagram and then explain every shift in plain words. UUM economics and finance undergraduates do exactly this in their first-year courses, so the jump to coaching a Form 6 learner through elasticity, national income or monetary policy is a short one.
Accounting students carry a quieter advantage. Prinsip Perakaunan at SPM is built on the same double-entry logic they practise in their degree, and learners who struggle with ledgers often need someone who can trace one transaction from journal to final accounts at a calm pace.
English and MUET coaching suits students from the language, communication and education programmes. MUET tests reading, listening, speaking and writing as separate skills, and a tutor who can run a timed speaking task or mark an essay against the band descriptors gives a pre-university candidate practice that school timetables rarely leave room for.
The first offer usually matches the subject you are strongest in, often online, which lets you learn the rhythm of a one-to-one lesson without travel. A first lesson with a new learner is mostly diagnosis: which topics feel solid, which questions cause panic, and how the learner's school is pacing the syllabus.
After a few weeks you send your first progress notes. They go to the learner and to whoever registered them, and they work best when they name one topic that improved and one target for the coming fortnight. Short, specific notes build trust quickly.
By mid-semester most UUM tutors settle into a fixed weekly rhythm and decide whether to add a second or third learner. That choice stays with you, and it can change each semester as your own course load rises or falls. Any learner who wants a different tutor receives a free replacement, so every match starts from a fair footing.
Final assessment weeks at UUM are when your own revision takes priority. Experienced tutors plan for this early: they move lessons online, shorten them, or set a practice paper the learner completes alone and review it together the following week. Learners stay on track, and your own exams get the hours they need.
The long break between semesters works the other way. Many UUM students travel home to other states, and online lessons let them keep every Kedah learner from wherever they are. Students staying in Sintok or Alor Setar over the break often take on extra learners preparing for SPM over those weeks.
Telling your learner about your exam weeks at the start of term keeps the arrangement smooth. A learner who knows the plan in advance treats the lighter weeks as part of a steady routine.
Yes. You choose your load week by week. The break after the A252 final assessment runs from late July to mid-September, a long window for extra lessons, and you can lighten your timetable during final assessment weeks.
BAS.MY route R15 runs from UUM Sintok through Changlun and Jitra to the Shahab Perdana terminal in Alor Setar, in about an hour end to end. Changlun is around 10 km from campus and Jitra about 18 km.
Yes. Online lessons suit Sintok well, since the campus sits about 48 km north of Alor Setar. UUM students already attend classes on UUMOL with Webex, so a video lesson with an SPM or MUET learner feels familiar.
Students from the School of Economics, Finance and Banking fit STPM Ekonomi 944. Quantitative Sciences students suit SPM Matematik 1449. Students from Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy or from Education suit SPM English 1119 and MUET coaching.
Apply in minutes, finish your tutor profile from the emailed link, then teach learners online or along the R15 route.