Career as Teacher

Originally Posted by Unregistered

1) No more CEP system alr
2) Quite common sense, each tier of scholarship has its perks.

Regarding 2), when you mean perks do you mean just the monetary perks that respective scholars get or career progression wise? When I ask teachers about it they usually say not much difference. If one non-scholar and one TS/TA holder have outstanding work, will both be equally viewed as doing the same amount of good work? Or another question would be would TS/TA be given more assignments that shows competency?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Regarding 2), when you mean perks do you mean just the monetary perks that respective scholars get or career progression wise? When I ask teachers about it they usually say not much difference. If one non-scholar and one TS/TA holder have outstanding work, will both be equally viewed as doing the same amount of good work? Or another question would be would TS/TA be given more assignments that shows competency?

Different practices in different schools. Why don't you ask your RO or Principal? They have the answer you are looking for.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Regarding 2), when you mean perks do you mean just the monetary perks that respective scholars get or career progression wise? When I ask teachers about it they usually say not much difference. If one non-scholar and one TS/TA holder have outstanding work, will both be equally viewed as doing the same amount of good work? Or another question would be would TS/TA be given more assignments that shows competency?

You got see DGEs and Perm Secs coming from non scholar backgrounds?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You got see DGEs and Perm Secs coming from non scholar backgrounds?

As expected, definitely not, but my original question was asking whether TS/TA holders were considered "scholars", or "scholar backgrounds", and whether is there also a differentiation between TS/TA.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello, just a wandering future aspiring teacher. Just wanted to ask would there be a CEP difference between those that have took PGDE (aka the ones that have taken their teaching subject as a degree), or Teaching Degree holders? Just a tangential question from the usual thinking that if you took a Teaching Degree, you can't teach JC.


Also, many people in the thread mention "scholars". Does this scholar refer to TA/TS holders and above, or just EMS and above? There's definitely a gap between the two career progression wise so just wanted to know if scholars applied to all scholarship holders.
As far as I know, TS/TA holders are basically held at the same or only slightly little higher standard than farmers, or only TS has a slight advantage but feel free for anyone to correct me if I'm wrong! Thank you

All other scholarship schemes except for EMS and PSC are nothing special when teachers are in service. PSC and EMS scholars are given compulsory rotations within the ministry or outside the ministry, and they start with higher CEP (given by HQ for schools to endorse).

(I was a local MOE teaching scholar)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

As expected, definitely not, but my original question was asking whether TS/TA holders were considered "scholars", or "scholar backgrounds", and whether is there also a differentiation between TS/TA.

It's not so straightforward, its contextual and school-dependent. Depends on how much your RO and SLs value you and advocate for you (or not).

Is there still anniversary promotion in October?

Geo 2 (served NS)
Been a BT for 1.5years.
Didn't get promoted this April due to unknow reasons (perhaps is because MOE trying to slow down promotions). I tried to ask my RO and my RO said I am doing fine and did things that is beyond my level and YET I DIDN'T GET PROMOTED!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Newbie12321

Is there still anniversary promotion in October?

Geo 2 (served NS)
Been a BT for 1.5years.
Didn't get promoted this April due to unknow reasons (perhaps is because MOE trying to slow down promotions). I tried to ask my RO and my RO said I am doing fine and did things that is beyond my level and YET I DIDN'T GET PROMOTED!!!!!!!!!!!

No, I think it's well established that "anniversary" promotions are no more. Nobody gets automatically promoted anymore, you have to earn every single one.

As for how exactly to earn it.. idk. Welcome to dealing with the big black box that is HR's opaque policies.

Originally Posted by Newbie12321

Is there still anniversary promotion in October?

Geo 2 (served NS)
Been a BT for 1.5years.
Didn't get promoted this April due to unknow reasons (perhaps is because MOE trying to slow down promotions). I tried to ask my RO and my RO said I am doing fine and did things that is beyond my level and YET I DIDN'T GET PROMOTED!!!!!!!!!!!

Know of people who got it last week...

Originally Posted by Newbie12321

Is there still anniversary promotion in October?

Geo 2 (served NS)
Been a BT for 1.5years.
Didn't get promoted this April due to unknow reasons (perhaps is because MOE trying to slow down promotions). I tried to ask my RO and my RO said I am doing fine and did things that is beyond my level and YET I DIDN'T GET PROMOTED!!!!!!!!!!!

What is your current monthly base?