ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the issue of what policy makers, particularly those at various levels of government but also their counterparts at the school level, should do about private tutoring. Some policy makers adopt largely laissez-faire stances, but this approach is not effective and is not recommended. One of the most obvious domains for action is in regulation, with attention not only to design of regulations but also to enforcement. Regulation is chiefly a matter of control and steering of the private tutoring sector. An alternative approach seeks to make private tutoring unnecessary, first through improvement of regular schooling and second through fee-free access to supplementary material through websites and other channels. Such channels for action may best be achieved through various forms of partnership. However, the route may not be straightforward.
