I see Madam Tay Lee Chuan’s proposal (“MOE should control teachers’ working hours”; Thursday) as unrealistic, from a service and practical standpoint. For a start, to blame the principal for pushing staff to work beyond school hours is ignoring the…
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Happy Teacher’s Day to all coaches, mentors and educators! Did you know? Khairul Amri wouldn’t have gotten his first big break without his coach giving him his pair of football boots for the B Div final in 2001. Amri went…
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I refer to the report “Employers should list dress code policies clearly, says TAFEP” (Feb 26). It points to a shocking social reality. The notion that some parents might feel uncomfortable about women wearing the hijab handling their children is…
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By AB To my fellow 33,000 colleagues in the teaching fraternity, Happy Teacher’s Day! I hope you had a good day of celebrations and that the students were kinder to you today. Just like you, I am a teacher in…
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In line with the move within the Public Service to recognise skills beyond paper qualifications, the Ministry of Education (MOE) will be abolishing the differences in salary structure for graduate and non-graduate educators, including allied educators. Also, some 30,800 educators…
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