Teachers should not be expected to respond to work-related messages outside of school hours, except in emergencies, said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing.
New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education will protect teachers from “unreasonable expectations” and conduct that affect their well-being, it said on Wednesday .
Teachers should not be expected to respond to work-related messages outside of school hours, except in emergencies, said Mr Chan. "I do not expect you to share your personal mobile numbers with parents. I don't want to make it a habit that you get buzzed at different times of the day." Schools will be given the autonomy to review and streamline the two programmes, enabling them to free up manpower for other priorities, said Mr Chan.
The push for niche programmes was introduced in 2005, and the applied learning and learning for life programmes were introduced from 2014.With the introduction of the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate from 2027, the number of exam sessions will be reduced by about half, and invigilation load by up to 15 per cent.
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