A tutorial center is an educational environment that provides individuals with one on one classroom supplemental education. Tutorial centers are located across the world and provide services to those in need of help in areas of perceived weakness, such as reading and comprehension, all components of writing, math and languages just to name a few. There are tutorial centers for the tutoring of children, centers for the promotion of tutoring in literacy in adults including English as a second language, as well as learning tutorial centers designed for business communication and the learning of languages for effective communication that are located in different high profile cities world wide.

Some tutorial centers are affiliated with specific educational agencies and utilize specific theories and methods of tutoring. These tutoring centers provide trained and accredited tutors who have certificates or degrees in a particular field of study. Tutorial centers may have methods of study they employ combined with a rubric of work to be assigned and goal oriented instruction. A tutor's goal is to teach the person seeking instruction how to break down problems in certain areas of study to determine where the perceived area of weakness is, and to teach the student how to learn independently through study techniques given to him or her by the tutor. Tutors offer education needed for the every day learning strategies required for successful education. A good tutor also provides positive motivation and support to those seeking their specific educational strategies.

Tutoring centers offer tutoring for school aged children and adults. Some learning centers provide tutoring services in their center and some offer in-center plus online tutoring services. These services provide coaching suggestions for parents for daily use, as well as news updates on education and information on how to more effectively help the child being tutored. They also have toll free numbers that an individual or parent seeking tutoring may call to ask advice on whether or not tutoring is necessary for a child or for themselves.

For the tutors of children, making suggestions for education and to encourage positive reinforcement of the child's tutoring process is also necessary. A parent is an integral part of a child's education and tutors of children need to coach parents in learning techniques so they may be a help their child when he or she is at home. Support given by the parent helps to aid the tutor is successfully reinforcing the child's learning capacity. This technique is especially important with children who have learning disabilities.

Some learning centers use testing as a means of diagnosing a child's learning curve, and also test for hearing and vision impairments. These tests are given to assess the child's strong points and to isolate weaker points in comprehension and to develop a method of instruction that is compassionate and complimentary to the child. There are different study tools used for children of different grade levels and learning capacities, as well as interviews to know a child's personality and to determine the specific needs of the individual.