Singapore teachers to get a pay increase of between 5% and 10% from Oct 1

Salaries for teachers and allied educators were last reviewed in 2015. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Teachers, allied educators and pre-school teachers in the Ministry of Education (MOE) kindergartens will get a salary increase of between 5 per cent and 10 per cent from October.

In a statement on Tuesday (Aug 16), MOE said about 35,000 education officers or teachers, and 1,600 allied educators will get the pay increases, as will 800 educators in the MOE-run kindergartens.