WE REFER to Losing out in promotions in The Star, Dec 31. Thank you “Win-to-Lose Educator” for your constructive comments and feedback.

The implementation methods used in filling up promotion posts in secondary schools by the ministry are based on the following principles:

PRIORITY is given to the incumbents for posts which are upgraded such as Principal, Assistant Principal and Senior Subject Teachers; and

FOR Form 6, candidates from the school are given priority.

One criterion for filling promotion posts in Form 6 is that the candidates must be competent and are already teaching Form 6.

The promotion exercise to fill vacant posts will be open to other teachers. Successful candidates must be willing to relocate to any school that has a vacancy.

The ministry wishes to inform teachers who are not teaching Form 6 or teachers who are not in schools that have Form 6 classes that they have opportunities through the Excellent Teachers (Guru Cemerlang) promotion track.

The Excellent Teacher promotion track offers teachers promotion from DG44 until Special Grade C without relocating to administrative posts.

MEDIA RELATIONS UNIT,

Education Ministry.

Source: The Star – January 22, 2008