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About SchoolBuddy

SchoolBuddy is a Malaysian online learning platform. We run online tuition for primary, secondary and Independent Chinese school students, as well as business courses. Our teachers and tutors deliver over 2,000 live classes a year.

SchoolBuddy exists to help Malaysian students get their appetite for learning back — and, in time, the results to go with it. Over 4,000 students have enrolled so far, taught by more than 20 certified teachers and tutors, which is what lets us offer Malaysian students a genuinely different way to learn.

SchoolBuddy is a virtual live learning and tuition platform in Malaysia. Our services include live tuition for primary, secondary and independent school students, as well as courses for commercial purposes. We offer over 2000 live classes every year, conducted by our professional tutors and coaches.

SchoolBuddy focuses on helping students all over Malaysia to regain their passion in learning and to eventually score good grades in their exams. With more than 4000 students registered to date, and more than 20 certified tutors and coaches, SchoolBuddy can provide a brand new learning experience for students in Malaysia!

 

How SchoolBuddy started

SchoolBuddy was founded by Boey and Teacher Su Shyan in 2019 and began operating in 2020. Su Shyan brought the teaching expertise and experience; Boey brought the software and systems. Between them, SchoolBuddy found its audience among parents and students quickly.

Before SchoolBuddy existed, Boey and Teacher Su Shyan had never met and did not know each other. One day, while putting the platform together, Boey came across Su Shyan teaching an online class on Facebook and realised their approach and their thinking about teaching were identical. It was obvious to him he had found the partner he had been looking for. One 25-minute phone call settled it.

For the first year and a half after founding it, the two of them never met in person — everything ran over the phone and on Zoom. Perhaps that is the point: if a business can be built by two people who met online, a student can certainly learn that way.

SchoolBuddy was founded in 2019 by Boey and Teacher Su Shyan, and officially put into operation in 2020. Relying on Teacher Su Shyan's professional knowledge and experience in the education industry, as well as Boey's knowledge in software and system development, SchoolBuddy managed to get the support of parents and students in a short time.

Before SchoolBuddy was formally established, Boey and Teacher Su Shyan did not know each other, and they had never met. When Boey was planning an online teaching platform (SchoolBuddy) years ago, he came across a sharing from Teacher Su Shyan on Facebook regarding online teaching. The concepts and methods shared by Teacher Su Shyan were exactly the same as Boey’s, and Boey's sixth sense told him that Teacher Su Shyan was the partner he had been looking for. Then, through a 25-minute conversation over the phone, they finalised their partnership.

In the year and a half after SchoolBuddy was founded, both of them still had not met each other. They only communicated over the phone and on Zoom. They proved that even if they could only meet online, they could still create a business together. Effective learning can definitely be carried out online too!

 

The Learn4Free programme

We believe education changes the course of a life, and we have seen it happen many times. We are not a non-profit, but we have always held to the idea that what comes from a community should go back to it. So we started #learn4free: free access to our online classes for parents who genuinely cannot afford tuition, and for children who want to learn and believe education can improve their circumstances. If you know a family that truly needs this, get in touch — we will do everything we can to help them change their situation through education.

We have always firmly believed that education can change our destiny, and we have also witnessed many examples. Although we are not a non-profit organisation, we have always adhered to the concept of "Take from society and give back to society" (Chinese proverb). Therefore, we launched the #learn4free program, mainly for children whose parents cannot afford tuition fees, as well as those who are studious and believe that education can help them improve their lives, to attend our online tuition classes for free. If you know any parents or children who really need this plan, please contact us and we will do our best to help them change their destiny with knowledge and education!