School Teachers Working as Tutors

[weatherbee]

Justintutor:

I am a tuition agent from Justin Tutors. Basically, according to MOE regulation, current school teachers are only allowed to teach a maximum of 6 hrs per wk for their tuition.

By the way, I think MOE also don't know how many hours per week their school teachers teach. How do they check? There are so many around.

[senseimichael]

weatherbee:

By the way, I think MOE also don't know how many hours per week their school teachers teach. How do they check? There are so many around.

A trust system is in place. If the teacher breaches that trust, she can be disciplined by the MOE. This 6 hour a week thing has been around from back in 1999, when I started teaching.

[senseimichael]

kiasu_mum75:

yes...school teachers are NOT allowed to teach in tuition centres because that is a form of \"outside employment\"... cannot be take $ for moe and take $ from tuition centre boss right? haha.

And they can be employed privately by households? Weird logic.

[janet88]

senseimichael:

kiasu_mum75:

yes...school teachers are NOT allowed to teach in tuition centres because that is a form of \"outside employment\"... cannot be take $ for moe and take $ from tuition centre boss right? haha.

And they can be employed privately by households? Weird logic.

ethics issue.
friend is still bugged by son's english teacher to coach him...$85/hour, min 2 hours. poor boy is having mental stress facing teacher in school.

[TheAnswer]

janet_lee88:

senseimichael:

[quote=\"kiasu_mum75\"]yes...school teachers are NOT allowed to teach in tuition centres because that is a form of \"outside employment\"... cannot be take $ for moe and take $ from tuition centre boss right? haha.

And they can be employed privately by households? Weird logic.

ethics issue.
friend is still bugged by son's english teacher to coach him...$85/hour, min 2 hours. poor boy is having mental stress facing teacher in school.[/quote]Report it to MOE :?

[janet88]

Such unethical teacher should be reported.


Teachers are paid by MOE to serve in schools…how can they possibly coach privately and be paid again? Where does their loyalty lie?

[senseimichael]

janet_lee88:

Such unethical teacher should be reported.


Teachers are paid by MOE to serve in schools...how can they possibly coach privately and be paid again? Where does their loyalty lie?

Janet, until the day MOE explicitly disallows private coaching (risking being lynched by a mob of parents), this practice shall continue. All Singapore teachers are allowed up to 6 hours a week of private lessons. Only (perhaps) when parents no longer feel that they need existing teachers to coach their children, shall such practice stop.