that HR circular is filled with nothing but bullsh*t. Unless you have some dying passion to teach or your current pte sector job is murdering you with OT and deadlines up to your neck, no sane person would wanna take a pay cut and submit themselves to the 3 year MOE bond purely "for the love of teaching and the children" and destroy their entire career/resume track record before that.

And seriously everyone knows a Deputy Director in stat boards makes 8-9,10k/month (not 4.5k as it claims) and has a team to boss around. its kind of similar to a HOD job. with that kind of salary and responsibility under you belt you're gotta be crazy to take the plunge. sure you get the school holiday benefits but public sector/stat board jobs aren't exactly stressful either, coupled with the generous leave benefits the civil service has.

fyi, the pay ceiling for normal foot soldier teachers is only $7400/=. assuming you never get promoted to SH or HOD in your teaching career. compare that with the $8,9 or even 10k ceiling that farmers might achieve in the ministries/stat boards if they stay around long enough.