Syed Hossain (born 1980) is the founder and owner of Math Matters, New York City, a tutoring center that provides a good learning environment for students living around the neighborhood of Jackson Heights in New York. The students receiving tutoring services range from grades kindergarden to 12th grade. The center's academic tutors teach subjects ranging from math to English language to science to exam preparation. [1]
Syed Hossain was born in Bangladesh.
Professor Hossain was a receipent of the NORAD Fellowship. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Agrotechnology from Khulna University. He earned his Masters of Science Degree in Environmental Science and Sustainability from the University of Life Sciences in Norway.
Syed worked at Procter and Gamble as a junior scientist while living in New Castle, England. He researched the enzyme product formation while working in London.
Syed moved to New York City from England in 2010 to teach human anatomy and physiology at the City University of New York's LaGuardia Community College. He also works at PFUSA where he is develping new techniques of preservation for exotic fruits.
CORONA — A professor and former scientist has a formula for kids' success — low-priced tutoring that combines small classes with high-quality instructors, many of whom are retired college teachers.
He opened Math Matters in 2010 after realizing students needed help that he could provide.
"The school system can't teach everything — we have to fill the gap," he said.
Hossain, who grew up Bangladesh and went to school all over Europe, understood how transformative a good education can be.
He opened Math Matters in a few suites inside an office building on 37th Avenue and 82nd Street in 2010, focusing on core subjects such as math.
Within a few months he expanded, first by hiring additional tutors and then by opening up two other offices — one near the 74th Street subway station and another on Junction Boulevard in Corona.
Despite an influx of similar centers in the neighborhood, Hossain said his stands out because he doesn't require parents to sign a contract or pay for big packages in advance.
He recognizes that many of his students struggle financially, so his classes are reasonable, between $10 an hour for elementary school tutoring and up to $15 an hour for SAT prep.
Classes of kids from third grade through high school are small, around five to six students, and most are taught by retired professors and graduate students.
And each student is given a personalized lesson plan when they start, which is determined through entrance exams and an analysis of their report cards and grades.
More than 200 students take classes at the three branches, each looking for help in a variety of subjects — from Common Core struggles to Regents test prep.
Kalachand Dutta, 43, lives in Jackson Heights and has sent his two children, Angandas and Arithura, to Math Matters for six months.
He tried other test prep centers, he said, but found his children have excelled at this program.
"They've progressed really good," he said. "They're both doing much better, and the price is right."
For Hossain, the goal is to both help students excel and teach them leadership skills. In the future he hopes to put lessons online so students can get help remotely.
"The things I've learned so far, I'd like to transfer to young people," he said. "This is the small journey that I've started."
This move to New York helped Professor Hossain gain the idea to start a tutoring center called Math Matters in 2010. His primary goal is to produce a new generation of educated leaders in New York starting with a younger generation of smart and studious children with unlimited resources for lifelong learning.
The Math Matters Tutoring Center began with the idea that education should be attainable to every student in the community. We want students to realize their innate talents and gifts are meant to be developed and honed as every child is a reflection of tomorrow’s future. He wants his students to become hooked on learning and passionate about earning a rich education.
Syed uses cutting-edge proven scientific strategies and techniques to help students see the value in what they are learning. He has dedicated much of his career to improving lecture and research skills at his institution as part of his tradition to excellence.
Syed’s vision for helping the communities comes from his own experience and love for education which he sees as a necessary component to the future of our children and nation. He has a particular appreciation for the diverse community found right here in Queens and knows the importance of being a dynamic place where children of every background can get the added value of investing in their educational future.
Professor Syed Hossain presently lives in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights in the borough of Queens in New York City. [2]