SINGAPORE — The Teachers’ Day school holiday has been rescheduled to Sept 11 due to Polling Day for the Presidential Election — which will fall on Sept 1 if there is a contest.
This was announced by the Ministry of Education and Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board in a joint press release on Friday , shortly after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong issued the"To recognise the contributions and dedication of our teachers, MOE typically celebrates Teachers’ Day on the last Friday of Term 3 before the one-week September school holiday," said MOE and SEAB in the release.
"As Polling Day for Presidential Election 2023 will fall on Friday, Sept 1 if there is a contest, MOE will move this year’s Teachers’ Day holiday to Monday, Sept 11, i.e. the first Monday after the one-week September school holidays," they added.Sept 11 will now be designated a school holiday. The affected GCE N-Level papers include the Humanities Paper 1 examinations which will be rescheduled to Sept 12, and the listening comprehension assessments which will be pushed back to Sept 20.MOE, SEAB
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