Everything families ask us in one place: who teaches it and what makes us different, what A Level Economics actually is, the programmes and levels, the fees and financial assistance, how lessons and materials work, what our results really mean, and how to get started. ETG is a specialist A Level and IB economics tuition centre, taught since 2007 by an economics tutor who wrote the H1 and H2 TYS answer keys. If your question is not here, just message us.
Mr Eugene Toh is the founder of ETG and an economics tutor since 2007. He is the author of the H1 and H2 Economics TYS answer keys, published by SAP and sold at Popular, and the 50 Model Essays series published by Shing Lee. He holds a B.A. in Economics from NUS and an M.Sc. in Applied Economics from SMU. After 19 cohorts he still personally teaches, marks essays, updates every textbook, and replies to student WhatsApp messages, including late at night. He has been featured in The Straits Times, Mothership, Yahoo and Lianhe Zaobao.
Economics at TuitionGenius (ETG) is a specialist economics tuition centre in Singapore, founded in 2007 by Mr Eugene Toh. It teaches only Economics, at A Level (H1 and H2) and IB, and has guided over 4,000 students across 19 cohorts, making it one of the longest running and most reviewed specialist economics tuition centres in Singapore.
Three things most centres cannot match. The founder, Mr Eugene Toh, authored the H1 and H2 Economics TYS answer keys, published by SAP and sold at Popular, so every textbook, model essay and prediction comes from the person who defined the model answers. ETG teaches only Economics, since 2007. And it publishes whole cohort results with honest caveats, rather than cherry picked top scorers. The weekly marked essay or case study, which other centres charge as a separate lesson, is also included for every student.
ETG teaches onsite at five centres, Bukit Timah, Kovan, Pasir Ris, Upper Thomson and Jurong East, and live on Zoom, with every lesson recorded for on demand replay. The main centre is at 587 Bukit Timah Road, Coronation Plaza #03-01B, Singapore 269707. You can switch between onsite, Zoom and recordings from week to week at no extra cost.
Rather than trust any centre's marketing, verify ours. Check the TYS answer keys on the shelf at Popular, read the 500+ verified Google reviews, and sit a free trial lesson to judge the teaching yourself. ETG suits JC students taking H1 or H2 Economics, and IB and Secondary 4 students taking Economics, who want a structured specialist programme with published quality materials and a long track record.
A Level Economics is the study of how people, firms and governments make decisions when resources are scarce, split into microeconomics, the behaviour of individual markets, and macroeconomics, the economy as a whole. In JC you take it at H1 or H2, examined through essays and case studies rather than calculation alone. It is really a framework for understanding real world choices and policy, which is part of why students find it so useful beyond the exam.
Honestly, the content is manageable for most students. The real difficulty is application and evaluation under time pressure, because the great majority of the H2 mark is earned in writing, not in recall, so it is a thinking and writing subject more than a memorising one. That gap is exactly what a structured programme is built to close, with the writing methods and weekly marked practice set out on our method page.
Economics suits students who enjoy reasoning about the real world and are willing to write, and it pairs well with most subject combinations, from the sciences to the humanities. H2 is the full subject that most JC students take, and our honest take is to take H2 if your combination allows it rather than choosing H1 out of fear of the subject. It keeps many university courses open and builds reasoning you will use long after the A Levels.
Revise the way the paper is actually marked, which is practice led rather than reading led. Study backwards from real questions and model answers, aim for about one essay and one case study a week, and correct each attempt against a model so you can see where the marks were won or lost. That marked loop is the whole point of our approach, set out in full on the method page.
For essays we teach the 4E framework: Explain the mechanism, Elaborate the causal chain, Example it in a real context, and Evaluate the limits and conditions. For case studies we teach the DATE framework: Data read from the case, Application to the specific context, Theory brought in precisely, and Evaluation that commits to a judgement. Both are drilled until they are automatic, and explained step by step on the method page.
A useful way to see it: content gets you to roughly a C, application lifts you to a B, and genuine evaluation is what earns the A. The gap between a B student and an A student is almost never knowledge; it is the volume of marked practice and the depth of evaluation. We never promise a grade, but our method is built precisely around closing that gap.
H2 Economics is examined in two papers. Paper 1 is the case studies, about 2 hours 15 minutes, and Paper 2 is the essays, 2 hours 30 minutes in which you answer three essays from a choice of six across microeconomics and macroeconomics. H1 Economics is a single case study based paper. Check the latest SEAB syllabus document for the exact current timings before your exam.
SEAB periodically revises the syllabus, so it is worth checking you are working to the current version. ETG rewrites its materials each term to the current syllabus and the latest exam trends, so what you practise matches the paper you will sit rather than one from a few years ago. If you are unsure which version applies to your cohort, ask us or check the SEAB syllabus document directly.
Economics connects directly to the real world, from prices and wages to government policy and global events, which makes it feel relevant in a way some subjects do not. It also pairs with a wide range of subject combinations and rewards clear reasoning and writing rather than rote memory. For students who like to argue a position and back it with evidence, it is a natural fit.
Yes, ETG teaches both, and our honest advice is to take H2 if your subject combination allows it. H2 opens the most university courses, and our established system is built to take you to an A even from a low base, so do not pick H1 out of fear of the subject. H2 is the full subject, examined in two papers, the essays and the case studies. H1 is a contrasting subject examined through case studies only. If you are taking H1, you get a dedicated H1 programme with its own exclusive H1 workbook, not a seat in an H2 class. Bring your subject combination to a trial and we will map the right path.
Yes, more than students think. The H1 paper removed essays as a separate component, but essay writing skills are still heavily tested in the higher order case study parts worth 8 to 12 marks, and those parts have grown as case studies expanded. A clear, well structured, evaluated argument is exactly what moves an H1 grade from a B to an A, which is why our H1 programme drills it.
Yes, ETG runs dedicated IB Economics classes for Year 5 and 6, and IB students are never placed in an A Level class. IB Economics has different command terms, different papers including the HL Paper 3 quantitative hybrid, and an Internal Assessment that A Level does not have, so it is taught with its own in-house curriculum and IB specific materials, designed by Mr Eugene Toh and delivered by a handpicked IB specialist team. Both HL and SL are catered for.
The core JC1 and JC2 programme is one essay or case study a week, personally marked with written comments, a worked model and a video walkthrough, taught from in-house materials written by the author of the H1 and H2 TYS answer keys. You attend a two hour lesson each week onsite, live on Zoom, or by recording, and the fee includes the marking, the materials, unlimited consults and the recordings. This weekly marked loop is the part most centres do not actually run.
The weekly programme builds the grade across the year. The crashcourses are intensive top-ups for specific needs: Last Lap for JC2 final revision, Expedite for the JC1 promos, the TYS Answers Crashcourse working the Ten Year Series with the person who wrote the key, the Essay and CSQ Bootcamps for writing technique, the June Holiday Intensive, and the H1 and H2 Exam Packs. Regular weekly students get many of them included; others can be joined on their own.
Yes, through ETG Premier Access. It pairs you with a dedicated private economics tutor and gives you the full ETG ecosystem: weekly group class access, the recorded lessons, the complete printed materials, the homework programme and WhatsApp support. There are three tiers, from a senior teaching assistant through senior tutors to direct mentorship from Mr Eugene Toh, and it covers both A Level and IB. You can follow ETG's curriculum or bring your own school work.
Fees range from $100 to $120 per lesson by level and mode, inclusive of all materials and weekly marking. Onsite per lesson: JC2 $115, JC1 $105, IB Year 5 to 6 $120, Secondary 4 $100. Live Zoom is a few dollars less per lesson than onsite. Every fee covers the full programme, the two hour weekly lesson, the in-house textbooks, the weekly marked essay or case study, unlimited consults, 24/7 WhatsApp support and the LMS recordings. The schedule and fees page has the live numbers, see the full schedule and fees at /schedule-fees.
Everything is included: the two hour lesson, all in-house textbooks and materials, the weekly marked essay or case study with a worked solution and video walkthrough, unlimited consultations, WhatsApp access to Mr Toh, and the LMS recordings retained until the final A Level paper. There are no separate material or marking charges. At many centres marking is a separate paid lesson; here it is standard.
Yes. Group discounts apply when you sign up with friends, and multi subject discounts apply when you take more than one subject. Live Zoom is also a little less than onsite. Campaign and intensive programmes have their own pricing, so confirm the current figures with admin before registering, since prices vary by term.
Confidential financial assistance of 25% to 100% is available for our regular weekly programmes, assessed case by case. Apply through the financial assistance form or message the admin team, and the conversation stays private. It is not applicable to every short campaign or intensive programme, so check the scope for the one you want.
Yes, and you can switch freely at no extra cost, any week. Onsite at our five centres, Bukit Timah, Kovan, Pasir Ris, Upper Thomson and Jurong East, with the full classroom energy. Live on Zoom with studio grade audio and video, which we have run since 2018. And on-demand recordings uploaded to the LMS within 24 hours, to watch at your own pace. A busy week on Zoom or recordings never costs you the lesson.
A registration pack of 15 or more exclusive in-house publications, all written by the author of the H1 and H2 TYS answer keys and updated every term: the Express textbook series with a new volume each term, the 50 Model Micro and Macro Essays, concise TYS answers, summary cheatsheets, diagrams booklets, an exercise book, revision booklets and exam prep summaries. They are printed, bound, syllabus aligned and rewritten each term to the latest trends, so your practice matches the paper you will sit, not the one from three years ago. These are not photocopies or AI generated notes.
Yes. You write one essay or case study a week, it is personally marked with written comments that say, at the level of each sentence, what an examiner would credit, and you receive a full worked solution and a video walkthrough. At most centres this is a separate paid lesson, if it is offered at all. As an Economics specialist teaching one subject at scale, ETG can run it as a standard feature for every student.
Every lesson is recorded and uploaded to the learning management system (LMS) within 24 hours, so you never lose access. Each chapter carries a lesson code that opens the matching recording, and the library covers the entire syllabus, so you can rebuild any topic at your own pace. If you miss a class, you simply watch the recording, retained until the final A Level paper.
Yes. Students get 24/7 WhatsApp access to Mr Toh himself, not an admin desk or a chatbot, and replies, including late at night, are part of the programme. Students also get unlimited free consultations, one to one on Zoom or in person, especially after major exams to find and close their gaps.
We publish whole cohort figures rather than cherry picked top scorers. The 2025 A-rate was 74 percent, self reported by students. A word on how we get these numbers. In earlier years we texted every student after results to ask how they did, and published the outcomes alongside a wall of fame naming the students who scored an A. These days we keep it lighter: students simply let us know, if they are comfortable, through our student Telegram channel. So the figure reflects only the students who choose to report, and both strong and weaker students may not, so treat it as indicative rather than exact. That is also why, in recent years, we lead with what students actually say, and with the quality of the programme, rather than a percentage. We never claim guarantees, and SEAB sets the paper, not us.
Because a percentage is easy to inflate and hard to verify, while a student on camera, or an unsolicited WhatsApp message after results, is not. By the normal distribution of grades many students score an A regardless of tuition, so we do not claim every A is ours. We show the proof and let you judge it, then read the 500+ verified reviews and sit a trial. Individual results, in students' own words, are not typical.
Mr Toh reviews every top JC prelim paper within a week of release and tracks how SEAB phrases its questions across more than twenty years. That feeds a prediction programme: the themes most likely to appear, simulated papers under timed conditions, and a debrief released within hours of each actual paper. It is pattern reading, not prophecy. SEAB sets the paper, not us.
No. No honest tutor can, because SEAB sets and marks the paper, not us. What we can promise is a structured system: the weekly marked practice, the in-house materials, the consults and the prediction programme that have helped students move several grades. We share verified results and reviews so you can judge the track record, but the work, and the exam, are still yours.
The simplest way is to book a free trial lesson. You attend a real two hour class, onsite or on Zoom, not a sales pitch, and judge the programme on the actual work. If you would rather ask questions first, message the admin team on WhatsApp and they will map the right level, mode and schedule for you.
Yes, there is a free trial lesson with no obligation. You attend a real two hour lesson, not a demo, and receive a starter pack of materials: the Micro or Macro Express textbook, the Summary Book, the Diagram Book, foolscap and one lesson's notes. It is the same room, the same material and the same standard as a regular class, so you can decide on the substance.
Register through the online registration form, or message the admin team on WhatsApp if you would like help choosing your slot, level and mode first. You can pick a class time that fits your week, and switch between onsite, Zoom and recordings later at no extra cost.
Your LMS access is activated within 24 hours, with the recordings open immediately. The admin team confirms your class slot, your printed materials are prepared for you, and you can start attending right away, onsite or on Zoom. From there you are in the weekly marked loop, with consults and WhatsApp support available whenever you need them.
The trial is a full two hour lesson, same room, same material, same standard. Not a demo, not a sales pitch. Come and judge the programme on the work, and ask us anything in person.
Prefer to ask first? Message the admin team on WhatsApp. Financial assistance of 25% to 100% is available for regular programmes.