Adjournment motion on building a sustainable educator workforce for the next phase of education reform
As Singapore broadens the definition of what success means for students, educators are asked to support their well-being, respond to diverse needs and guide them through technological change. As such, the sustainability of education reform depends on the sustainability of its educators. MP Wan Rizal said this in parliament on Tuesday (Sep 8). He proposed three shifts in measuring reform, redesigning educators’ work and supporting the wider education ecosystem. He called on the Ministry of Education (MOE) to work with unions to publish educator sustainability indicators alongside student outcomes, and jointly review the workload impact of major AI and EdTech rollouts on teachers. MP David Hoe then addressed how a teacher’s work beyond classroom lessons is accounted for and who carries its operational demands. In reply, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education Syed Harun Alhabsyi said his ministry tracks a range of indicators relating to the educator workforce, covering workload, well-being, professional learning and more. Acknowledging that educators’ work is becoming more complex, he said MOE continues to work on strategies to reduce workload and optimise resources across schools, such as clustering co-curricular activities and organising student programmes. He noted that MOE has more than doubled its hiring over the past three years, while mean annual resignation rates have also remained low.
As Singapore broadens the definition of what success means for students, educators are asked to support their well-being, respond to diverse needs and guide them through technological change. As such, the sustainability of education reform depends on the sustainability of its educators. MP Wan Rizal said this in parliament on Tuesday (Sep 8). He proposed three shifts in measuring reform, redesigning educators’ work and supporting the wider education ecosystem. He called on the Ministry of Education (MOE) to work with unions to publish educator sustainability indicators alongside student outcomes, and jointly review the workload impact of major AI and EdTech rollouts on teachers. MP David Hoe then addressed how a teacher’s work beyond classroom lessons is accounted for and who carries its operational demands. In reply, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education Syed Harun Alhabsyi said his ministry tracks a range of indicators relating to the educator workforce, covering workload, well-being, professional learning and more. Acknowledging that educators’ work is becoming more complex, he said MOE continues to work on strategies to reduce workload and optimise resources across schools, such as clustering co-curricular activities and organising student programmes. He noted that MOE has more than doubled its hiring over the past three years, while mean annual resignation rates have also remained low.
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