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S2E13: Will 5-10% pay rise for teachers help to attract and retain talent? - The Big Story
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses Singapore's latest news and announcements.
More than 35,000 teachers will get a pay hike of between 5 per cent and 10 per cent from Oct 1 as part of efforts to attract and retain talent.
The pay increase will also apply to about 1,600 allied educators and 800 pre-school teachers in Ministry of Education (MOE) kindergartens.
In a statement on Tuesday (Aug 16), MOE said: “This is to ensure that their overall salary packages remain competitive, and so that MOE can continue to attract and retain good educators.”
Education correspondent Amelia Teng weighs in on…
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