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Unregistered 19-08-2021 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180428)
Questions, comments?

s://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/teaching-singapore-better-moe-teacher-091019820.html

Whoever wrote that isn't clear about how the system works. MOE pays by qualification. There is no difference in pay scale of Primary & Secondary school teachers.

In Singapore, teachers are quite highly paid. According to salary benchmarking website payscale.com, secondary school teachers receive annual salaries of $70,782, or about $5,900 a month. Primary school teachers earn just a little bit less: $68,314 a year, or about $5,700 a month.

Unregistered 19-08-2021 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180436)
Whoever wrote that isn't clear about how the system works. MOE pays by qualification. There is no difference in pay scale of Primary & Secondary school teachers.

In Singapore, teachers are quite highly paid. According to salary benchmarking website payscale.com, secondary school teachers receive annual salaries of $70,782, or about $5,900 a month. Primary school teachers earn just a little bit less: $68,314 a year, or about $5,700 a month.

Thank you for sharing - what should have been the figures instead?

Unregistered 20-08-2021 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180423)
Well if you feel so strongly against the system, you can leave. No one is stopping you.

Are you living in denial of the issues or do you really believe that teachers already have it good and do not deserve better?

Unregistered 20-08-2021 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180410)
Connect plan is one of the several good things that we enjoy on this job. Yes, there are good things on this job..

... but there are also many glaring areas for improvement in how the system treats teachers. The fact that it is now hard to get in, and the fact that there are many people waiting in line to replace outgoing teachers, should NOT be used as a justification for continued subpar treatment of teachers. You as a teacher (presumably) should understand that.

Examples of stupid things we have to put up with: minimum quotas for adverse performance grades; planned deployment of more "teacher-counsellors" (I assume CARE officers?) in the wake of RV incident instead of resourcing us with real mental health clinicians and more real counsellors; more and more paperwork bloat in the name of accountability and backside covering.

Just because a job is in high demand doesn't mean that there is no room for improvement. How can teachers be telling fellow teachers to be contented and grateful with all these issues? We are better than that.


Good points raised. Though if you read the post carefully, I’m not saying that the job is perfect and that there’s no room for improvement. (i suspect we’re both on the same page). I was making a pragmatic statement that indeed those of us with a job that pays decently/well should be grateful. It’s a sentiment which most people can agree with right :)

Unregistered 20-08-2021 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180490)
Are you living in denial of the issues or do you really believe that teachers already have it good and do not deserve better?

How do teachers deserve better?

Unregistered 20-08-2021 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180498)
How do teachers deserve better?

not the original poster but wow are you even a teacher yourself?

Unregistered 20-08-2021 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180341)
There was a circular sent via CES last year. Confirmed.

isn't it for D grade?

Unregistered 20-08-2021 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180520)
isn't it for D grade?


Should be right? Especially since C- is considered a good grade

Unregistered 20-08-2021 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180506)
not the original poster but wow are you even a teacher yourself?

Not the poster. I think he/she/it is asking “how” not “why” do teachers deserve better. Anyway, I think teachers need more space for their marking. 40 students’ essays x 15 min of marking = 600 min = 6-7 hours. Multiply by 5 classes. In any given week, you need 35 hours to mark 1 essay for 5 classes. And that’s assuming you spend 15 min. Some poorly written work needs more than that.

35 hours in a week… assuming you finish work by 5pm, head home, and start marking after dinner with family at 9pm, sleep at 11.30pm (must sleep early hor). Where got time???

Unregistered 21-08-2021 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 180520)
isn't it for D grade?

For C- and below. Updated effective for ranking from 2021 onwards


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