Relief Teaching

1. How do I apply to be a relief teacher?

   You may submit your application for registration as a relief teacher via the relief teacher online registration application.

2. What is the required minimum qualification criterion to be eligible to register as a relief teacher?

   To be eligible for registration as a relief teacher, you must have a minimum of 5 GCE ‘O’ Level credits, including a credit in the 1st Language at one sitting.

3. If I have forgotten my relief teaching application password, how do I request for a new one?

   Please send a password reset request email to .

4. How would I know the outcome of my application?

   Once your application is approved, you will receive a letter of registration and your name will be placed in the database of Relief Teachers. Schools will contact you directly if they require your services.

   If you are a non-Singaporean, you will need to apply for a work permit before you can work as a relief teacher. We will issue you a registration letter when your relief teaching application is approved. When applying for the work permit, you are required to produce our registration letter, together with a letter from a school that is keen to employ you, to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). You are allowed to start work only if MOM issues you with a work pass.

5. What are the rates and frequency of payment?

   The rate of payment ranges from $65/day to $200/day or $11/hr to $36/hr. Relief teachers are paid fortnightly.

6. What are the working hours like?

   Schools are given the flexibility to arrange the working hours, which are normally based on their curriculum time. However, in order to qualify for a full daily wage, you would need to work for at least 5.5 hours per day. If you work between 2.75 hours to 5.5 hours, your wage for that day will only be half your daily wage. If you work less than 2.75 hours in a day, you will be paid on a hourly basis.

7. What are the duties of a relief teacher?

   A relief teacher is expected to cover teaching duties. Schools will decide on the deployment of their relief teachers.

8. Are relief teachers paid on Public Holidays or Sundays?

   No.

9. Can a relief teacher be employed by more than 1 school in any one day?

   No.

10. What is the period of notice a relief teacher has to give for terminating his employment, or for the school to terminate the employment of a relief teacher?

    A relief teacher may at any time terminate his employment by giving at least 24 hours’ notice to the school he is teaching at. This period of notice is also applicable to any school that intends to terminate a relief teacher’s employment.