SINGAPORE: Ministry of Education (MOE) teachers, allied educators and MOE kindergarten educators will receive a salary increase of 5 per cent to 10 per cent from Oct 1.
“This is to ensure that their overall salary packages remain competitive, and so that MOE can continue to attract and retain good educators,” said the Education Ministry in a press release on Tuesday (Aug 16).
The pay increase will benefit about 35,000 education officers, 1,600 allied educators and 800 MOE kindergarten educators.
Salaries for education officers and allied educators were last reviewed in 2015, while the MOE kindergarten educator scheme was only introduced in 2019.
MOE also announced that a new general education officer (GEO) 5A substantive grade will be created to “better recognise the valuable contributions” of good-performing teachers in this grade who do not hold a Key Personnel appointment, said MOE.
Examples of such appointments include Subject Head or Senior Teacher appointments.
Currently, these education officers who do not hold Key Personnel appointments, and who would typically continue as classroom teachers, can progress up to the GEO 5 substantive grade. Meanwhile, those who hold Key Personnel appointments can be promoted to the Senior Education Officer (SEO) substantive grades.
From next year, non-Key Personnel education officers at the maximum salary point of GEO 5 substantive grade who meet the performance criteria for promotion can progress to GEO 5A.
They will thus benefit from a higher salary ceiling, which will be between that of the GEO 5 and SEO 1 substantive grades, said MOE.
The Education Ministry will also enhance the CONNECT Plan, a 30-year retention plan for education officers where a flat rate quantum ranging from S$3,200 to S$8,320 is set aside for officers each year depending on their length of service.
Payouts comprising a proportion of the money accumulated are given every three to five years of an officer’s career.
Starting from 2023, the CONNECT Plan will see an overall enhancement of about 20 per cent, as the annual deposit quantum and payout ratio will be raised to better support officers in the earlier years of their career.
“Teachers are the core of our education system. Beyond these enhancements to the Education Scheme of Service, MOE will continue to provide opportunities for our educators to learn and develop throughout the course of their career,” said the ministry.
“This includes providing in-service courses to help teachers deepen their content mastery and pedagogy, as well as exposing teachers to diverse experiences outside the classroom through external work attachments.”
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“This is to ensure that their overall salary packages remain competitive, and so that MOE can continue to attract and retain good educators,” said the Education Ministry in a press release on Tuesday (Aug 16).
The pay increase will benefit about 35,000 education officers, 1,600 allied educators and 800 MOE kindergarten educators.
Salaries for education officers and allied educators were last reviewed in 2015, while the MOE kindergarten educator scheme was only introduced in 2019.
MOE also announced that a new general education officer (GEO) 5A substantive grade will be created to “better recognise the valuable contributions” of good-performing teachers in this grade who do not hold a Key Personnel appointment, said MOE.
Examples of such appointments include Subject Head or Senior Teacher appointments.
Currently, these education officers who do not hold Key Personnel appointments, and who would typically continue as classroom teachers, can progress up to the GEO 5 substantive grade. Meanwhile, those who hold Key Personnel appointments can be promoted to the Senior Education Officer (SEO) substantive grades.
From next year, non-Key Personnel education officers at the maximum salary point of GEO 5 substantive grade who meet the performance criteria for promotion can progress to GEO 5A.
They will thus benefit from a higher salary ceiling, which will be between that of the GEO 5 and SEO 1 substantive grades, said MOE.
RETENTION PLAN
The Education Ministry will also enhance the CONNECT Plan, a 30-year retention plan for education officers where a flat rate quantum ranging from S$3,200 to S$8,320 is set aside for officers each year depending on their length of service.
Payouts comprising a proportion of the money accumulated are given every three to five years of an officer’s career.
Starting from 2023, the CONNECT Plan will see an overall enhancement of about 20 per cent, as the annual deposit quantum and payout ratio will be raised to better support officers in the earlier years of their career.
“Teachers are the core of our education system. Beyond these enhancements to the Education Scheme of Service, MOE will continue to provide opportunities for our educators to learn and develop throughout the course of their career,” said the ministry.
“This includes providing in-service courses to help teachers deepen their content mastery and pedagogy, as well as exposing teachers to diverse experiences outside the classroom through external work attachments.”
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