Anthony Fok
Singaporean tutor
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Anthony Fok is a Singaporean private tutor and businessman.
Anthony Fok | |
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| Occupation | Tutor |
Education
Fok studied in Nanyang Technological University (NTU).[1] He subsequently obtained his Masters of Education from Monash University, Australia.[1]
Career
In 2004, Fok started a tuition center, Xue Hai Tutorial Centre, later renamed as Little Professors Education Group, during his undergraduate days in NTU and expanded the business to more than 15 branches in Singapore.[1][2] After graduation from NTU with a degree in accountancy and economics in 2007, Fok sold off the tuition center to his partner.[1]
Fok then worked at a Big Four accounting firms but left after five months.[2] He then joined the Ministry of Education to become a school teacher, teaching Principles of Accounts, Economics and Business Studies.
In 2012, Fok left the teaching career to pursue a PhD at the National Institute of Education.[3] While studying, Fok set up another tuition centre, JCEconomics.com, specialising in teaching in A-level economics.[2]
In 2015, Fok set up CPD Singapore Education Services.[4]
In 2016, several media stories included Fok in a list of 'super tutors' who could obtain high incomes for conducting private tuition.[5][6][7]
In 2017, several tutors including Fok founded the Association of Tutors (Singapore)[8] and Fok held the role of president in 2017.[9] Fok is also a board member of Association of Person with Special Needs,[10][when?] a charity organization with runs special education schools for special needs students. On 6 October 2022, Fok was elected to the board of Singapore Disability Sports Council.[11][12]
In 2021, Fok sued rival tutor Edmund Quek for defamation and received S$170,000 in damages.[13]