Tejas

Tejas is currently in his third, and final, undergraduate year of university, double-majoring in Public Policy and Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington. In 2020, he is looking to pursue Honours in Criminology. Once completing university, one of his long-term goals is to be involved in making lasting changes to New Zealand’s criminal justice system, placing greater focus on rehabilitation and reintegration. As a high-school student, Tejas was very passionate about English-rich NCEA subjects. His consequent academic capabilities in these types of subjects allow him to confidently tutor NCEA English, History and Classical Studies.

Tejas is an incredibly open-minded individual and finds joy in tutoring students from all walks of life. He aims to positively motivate students to ensure they are reaching their full potential. Tejas believes setting goals is critical to success. He strives to helps students set realistic and measurable process-based goals in order for them to grow academically, and have more confidence in their own abilities. He acknowledges that in traditional high school settings, often the rate at which academic content is delivered fails to suit the learning needs of every student. With this in mind, he provides individually tailored lessons that cater to the specific student’s current academic ability, their interests, and their learning styles.

Tejas loves discussion-based tutoring as he believes it allows students to have confidence in their own ideas and have greater control over their learning. He believes that discussing and conversing is important when the subjects he tutors often have no right or wrong answers. Beyond academia, Tejas is very passionate about his culture, highlighted by his interests in Indian cooking, film, and most recently, dance.