Now taking students for Grade 12 and Grade 13

Nirmal

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Sir Nirmal, who teaches every class

Chemistry that finally makes sense.

Individual and group classes for A/L Chemistry in Trincomalee town, live on Zoom, and seminars island wide.

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Pass rate at A/L

24 yrs

Teaching A/L Chemistry

The tutor

Nirmal

I've been teaching A/L Chemistry since 2001, twenty four years now. B.Sc (Hons) Special in Chemistry, PGDE. Around 5000 students have come through these classes, and about nine in ten of them pass their A/L.

I don't believe in memorising. I want you to look at a molecule and know why it behaves the way it does. Classes run in person here in Trincomalee, live on Zoom, and as seminars for student groups around the island.

  • 01B.Sc (Hons) Special in Chemistry
  • 02PGDE, Postgraduate Diploma in Education
  • 03Chemistry teacher, Orr's Hill Vivekananda College, Trincomalee
  • 04Twenty-four years teaching the A/L syllabus, since 2001

Where it goes wrong

Chemistry rarely fails
for lack of effort.

Almost every student who struggles with A/L Chemistry is already working hard. The problem is usually one of these four, and none of them is fixed by studying longer.

You memorised it, but the question is worded differently

The definition is word perfect and the marks still do not come, because the paper never asks for the definition. It asks you to use it on something you have not seen before.

Organic is just arrows

Mechanisms become shapes to copy off the board, with no sense of why the electrons move that way.

The theory is fine, the numericals are not

You follow every word of the lesson, then freeze on a mole ratio or an equilibrium calculation.

The three hours run out before you do

You know the content well enough, but the structured essays are still unfinished when the paper is collected. Speed comes from having solved the same shape of problem before, not from writing faster.

The method

Four steps, every
single unit.

The same loop runs from the first lesson to the last paper. Nothing about it changes when the exam gets close, because by then it is already habit.

  1. 01

    Start at the concept

    Every unit starts with the idea behind it. Why does an orbital fill the way it does? Why does a reaction go one way and not the other? The equations only come after the idea makes sense.

  2. 02

    Work it on the board

    Problems are solved live, in full, mistakes and all. Students see how a chemist actually thinks through a question, not just the clean final answer.

  3. 03

    Practise the same week

    Each lesson comes with a graded problem set. Past paper questions start from day one, not saved for the final months.

  4. 04

    Track and correct

    Tests are marked against the real scheme. Every student gets a personal mark sheet showing exactly which units still need work.

Weekly

Exam and correction

90%

Pass rate at A/L

Classes

Four ways into
the syllabus.

In person in Trincomalee town, live on Zoom, and as seminars island wide. Get in touch for fees and current availability.

01Grade 12 & 13

Individual and Group Class

The full syllabus taught in person, one on one or in a small batch. An individual class moves entirely at your pace, a group class gives you the back and forth of a real classroom.

  • One on one or small group
  • In person, Trincomalee town
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02Grade 12 & 13

Weekly Common Exam

A 30 minute paper every week, then a full hour of correction and discussion. What is not sticking gets caught and explained the same day, not months later.

  • 30 minute exam
  • 1 hour correction and discussion
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03Island wide

Seminar

Revision seminars run for schools and student groups anywhere in the island, concentrated on the units that decide grades.

  • Island wide
  • Schools and student groups
Contact to arrange
04Grade 12 & 13

Zoom Class

The same syllabus and the same teaching, live on Zoom, for students who cannot get to Trincomalee town for a class in person.

  • Live on Zoom
  • Join from anywhere
Contact for fees

Syllabus coverage

Everything the
paper can ask.

Mapped to the current national A/L Chemistry syllabus

  • 01Atomic Structure (அணுக்கட்டமைப்பு) — 33 periods
  • 02Structure and Bonding (கட்டமைப்பும் பிணைப்புகளும்) — 35 periods
  • 03Chemical Calculations (இரசாயனக் கணிதங்கள்) — 37 periods
  • 04Gaseous States of Matter (பொருட்களின் வாயு நிலை) — 32 periods
  • 05Energetics (சக்தியியல்) — 37 periods
  • 06Chemistry of s, p & d Block Elements (s, p, d தொகுப்பு மூலகங்களின் இரசாயனவியல்) — 65 periods
  • 07Basic Concepts of Organic Chemistry (சேதன இரசாயனத்தின் அடிப்படை எண்ணக்கருக்கள்) — 18 periods
  • 08Hydrocarbons and Halohydrocarbons (ஐதரோகார்பன்களும் ஆலசன் ஐதரோகார்பன்களும்) — 46 periods
  • 09Oxygen Containing Organic Compounds (ஒட்சிஜனைக் கொண்ட சேதன சேர்வைகள்) — 45 periods

Results

The marks, and the
students behind them.

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Pass rate at A/L

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Questions

Before you
begin.

No. Grade 12 students start from the O/L level and build up from there. Grade 13 students joining partway through are brought up to speed alongside the rest of the class.

Get in touch

Questions before
you decide.

Sir Nirmal answers most questions personally, usually the same day. Reach out on WhatsApp, by phone, or by email.

Call +94 77 237 6146See the classes
Location
Trincomalee town
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