Teachers not allowed to moonlight soon...

[BuiKia]

SINGAPORE: The Education Ministry (MOE) is reviewing its policy of allowing teachers to give private tuition.

Under existing guidelines, teachers can give up to six hours of tuition per week.

Tuition centre operators Channel NewsAsia spoke to said that if the rules are tightened, the pay of tutors and in turn, tuition fees, may have to be raised.

Operators said parents prefer MOE-trained teachers and if rules are tightened, the demand and pay for such tutors may increase.

Max Tan, director of True Learning Centre, said: "Many tuition centres will be willing to pay higher. We will have to compete with other tuition centres. As a result, you may see that these full-time tutors will be earning much more."

The centre said that under such circumstances, tuition fees may then have to be raised.

But this is likely to affect only agencies with a large pool of current MOE teachers as its tutors.

Another agency Channel NewsAsia spoke to said it is not expecting to raise fees, as less than 20 per cent of its tutors are teachers.

- CNA/ms

 

[laksa]

Taking away side income from teachers will make the teachers unhappy. News report did not specify reason for not allowing teachers to moonlight.

 

[Guerriero]

I thought teachers are supposed to be Civil Servant. Civil Servants can 'Moonlight' meh. :*:

 

[PissNPiss]

PAP force the kids to absorb what they can't so parents have no choice but to hire tutors.

A waste on human resource.

That's why our productivity is low compared to developed countries.

VTO2015

 

[saratogas]

MOE teachers other side income includes, smuggling out school test, assessment and exam papers to printing companies for compile and sell them to kiasu parents...

 

[zhihau]

SINGAPORE: The Education Ministry (MOE) is reviewing its policy of allowing teachers to give private tuition.

bwahahahahahahaa... the MOE should just let the teachers teach in schools

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

bwahahahahahahaa... the MOE should just let the teachers teach in schools

I agree with you/

 

[Equalisation]

What happens to Beethoven, then ?

 

[laksaboy]

The Education Ministry (MOE) is reviewing its policy of allowing teachers to give private tuition.

Well, the teachers can moonlight in other more interesting ways.

 

[po2wq]

What happens to Beethoven, then ?

beethoven can spend mor time 2 pray wif alice ... :o

 

[Equalisation]

beethoven can spend mor time 2 pray wif alice ... :o

after 24 years atau apa ?

 

[kaipoh]

I can't remember who's dogma, pay high to get talent to work; smart parent product smart child......

MOE teachers other side income includes, smuggling out school test, assessment and exam papers to printing companies for compile and sell them to kiasu parents...

 

[halsey02]

beethoven can spend mor time 2 pray wif alice ... :o

What do Beethoven & Alice pray?? for rain??

 

[jw5]

What happens to Beethoven, then ?

Beethoven was not allowed to moonlight soon, so he moonlight sonata.

 

[gingerlyn]

teachers moonlight as tuition teachers and teaching the same students outside the school are considered conflict of interest.
however justice choo han teck said court cannot rule that all conflicts of interests equate corruption.

hence moonlighting as tuition teachers cannot be considered as corruption.

 

[laksaboy]

Now more tuition centres will close down, and they'll be replaced by loanshark shops and pawnshops.

 

[gingerlyn]

Now more tuition centres will close down, and they'll be replaced by loanshark shops and pawnshops.

i think of other consequences.
if MOE teachers are not allowed to give tuitions, non MOE teachers will become tuition teachers and then you will see this problems:
http://www.straitstimes.com/breakin...peatedly-molesting-12-year-old-pupil-20130614

sinkie innocent children will be molested and eaten by non MOE tuition teachers.
jialat liao lor

 

[johnny333]

I thought teachers are supposed to be Civil Servant. Civil Servants can 'Moonlight' meh. :*:

You must understand that not all civil servants are created equal. The elites can hold dozens of directorships, run side businesses & make millions because they contribute to the economy.

 

[gingerlyn]

You must understand that not all civil servants are created equal. The elites can hold dozens of directorships, run side businesses & make millions because they contribute to the economy.

yeah, why these elites are not charged with corruption for misusing their position as MP and minister to secure directorship for personal gains? :*:

 

[Poomer]

Thanks to a cartoon article, the MOE is finally doing something.

Released on Oct 8