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Old 01-04-2020, 05:46 PM
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sec math

Was told that sec level subjects esp math and sci are the most competitive
s://.tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/publicfacing/createDataTable.action?refId=13273

From birth stats, sg never recovered from the higher births of > 45 000+ babies per year prior to 2000 which is why some sec schs have merged or closed. The next time there might be a better demand for sec sch teachers is probably in 5 years time. These kids are now in pri sch so you should consider that if you are up for it, because not everybody are comfy with handling pri sch kids.

And unfortunately with covid, times are even worse with tonnes of retrenchments. As you pointed out, math and sci are very competitive, now worsened by thousands of pmet engineers, financial sector workers etc out of work and will consider teaching math / sci as an interim job until the economy recovers. For better or worse, moe seems to like these mid-career people even though they may not have the skills to teach or are obviously in the job just to tide themselves over.

Its also true that moe cherry picks these in this employer's market. Most of the new teachers (fresh grads) are alumni of top sec schs eg raffles, acs. If you were from some ah beng sec sch, your resume would not even be downloaded by hr despite graduating from a local uni. No need to mention the chances for those pte degree / suss

If your circumstances are affected by the 3 things above, i would suggest forget teaching and beg for any other job which can build up your skills and experience even if it pays you peanuts, and work your way up.

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