Dymocks Education Closes Tutoring Arm And Points Parents To AI
A tutoring operator recommending ChatGPT and Gemini in place of its own paid classes means the squeeze on supplementary education is coming from the suppliers, not only from the technology.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
Dymocks Education announced it will end its Dymocks Tutoring and Talent 100 businesses on September 27, 2026. The operator of tutoring schools in Sydney cited the spread of AI: students can now get useful explanations cheaply, so the question is whether they can use AI well. CEO Mark Buckland told the Australian Financial Review that many users would be better off paying less for AI than high tutoring fees, and said AI costs about 30 Australian dollars a month against 800 to 900 per subject per term.
The shutdown took effect on September 27, 2026, and the company's own FAQ says this term's classes ran as scheduled through that final day. Buckland framed tutoring as repetitive practice that AI can support by generating practice problems and essay grading criteria, and he predicted demand for lessons taken by high-achieving students seeking an extra edge will disappear within about five years.
Not every class ends with the business. A classroom in Parramatta in western Sydney and the online classes will be taken over from next term by Uplift Education.
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