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Old 20-03-2024, 07:16 PM
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teachers must be one of the worst paid in the service
Don’t need to state the obvious. Why do you think the salaries of teachers and nurses are always on the news?

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Don’t need to state the obvious. Why do you think the salaries of teachers and nurses are always on the news?
Sigh... Really nothing to say

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teachers must be one of the worst paid in the service
hmm..teacher worst paid? A good joke that I hear for a long time. Look around. Do not based your decision on the replies here.

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So, what is the big picture and how would you make things differently? Give one example of how you would change 1 policy?


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Any teachers on the ground knows that policies don't work, because they are thought up by HQ officers who think they are special, but in reality aren't really special nor outstanding.

Add unnecessary complications to simple, straightforward things.

Just look at how the syllabi were rushed out, and the poor quality of materials prepared by HQ to replace the far more superior textbooks that were already out there.

Or how new policies were hastily announced, without preparing concrete detailed plans for implementation.

Or how during pre-covid era, all the wayang about home based learning, smart nation.

End up when actually need to do HBL, get exposed that everything looks good on paper only, and reality tells a different story.

Some scholar probably got excellent appraisal score for reporting that every household got computer access, got internet access, can access SLS.

Until covid exposed the real situation on the ground, where the entire family shares a parent's company laptop, and that SLS (most probably awarded to cheapest tender, based on the lowest end specs) actually don't have the bandwidth to support the entire student population logging in at the same time.

All these reeks of penny-wise pound-foolish policies, conceived by people with myopic vision and missing the big picture.

That, is the real calibre of policymaking folks at HQ
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I am a teacher too. It's alright. If you want money go give tuition, start your own centre etc. For the 30,000 or so teachers...the salary is alright. Yeah, maybe teaching ain't as sexy and attractive as being a lawyer or doctor, but how many people are lawyers and doctors? The majority are also working general office jobs doing marketing, PR, sales, administration, finance...very sexy meh? Earn a lot meh? Same what. The teaching salary is FAIR (not high or lucrative) like any civil service job. Of course if we compare to LTA, BCA, Army Special Forces, CID or those agencies that carry a higher risk...we won't earn as much. And teachers get holidays...PAID holidays. So, instead of seeing the cup half empty, look from another perspective. And if you think the salary is really not enough, change job lor. Sell property or something. Or now very trendy...go be content creator.
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hmm..teacher worst paid? A good joke that I hear for a long time. Look around. Do not based your decision on the replies here.
I think there's some truth to it. IF you come in as a DipEd grad, your salary is really at the lower spectrum and it can be demoralising. Do same amount of work, get lower pay. Then your friends in private sector question your decision. But it doesn't mean you cannot upgrade.

Most teachers are degree holders, so the salary is really not bad for a job that entitles one to weeks of school holidays each year. Starting pay for a degree holder is like 3900...untrained contract teacher. Males get more.
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So, what is the big picture and how would you make things differently? Give one example of how you would change 1 policy?
4 day work week for students.
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4 day work week for students.
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might as well say use udemy and coursera
Now a lot of lessons on SLS, some teachers even teaching subtopics on SLS. Really macham Udemy.
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So, what is the big picture and how would you make things differently? Give one example of how you would change 1 policy?
Simple things such as ensuring the the textbook is properly written and published, before rolling out a new syllabus and requiring schools to use HQ standardised materials. It's really unprofessional when the textbook is not ready, and chapters are issued out piecemeal. Don't roll out things when they are not ready. Is this policy very hard to follow?
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