Additional Remuneration for Personnel under Scheme for Relief Educators Who Work Beyond 5.5 Hours a Day

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr David Hoe, Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC

Question

To ask the Minister for Education (a) whether personnel under the Scheme for Relief Educators receive additional remuneration where assigned duties require work beyond 5.5 hours in a day; (b) how schools account for time spent on lesson preparation and marking; and (c) whether the Ministry will consider reviewing the remuneration framework to ensure assigned work is contained within paid hours.

Response

1. The Scheme for Relief Educators (SRE) is a casual employment scheme to support schools’ short-term manpower needs. Officers engaged under the SRE are not paid on an hourly basis. They are paid a daily wage if they work at least 5.5 hours per day or a half-daily wage if they work between 2.75 hours and 5.5 hours per day. As the remuneration is based on fixed daily or half-daily rates, no additional remuneration is paid where duties extend beyond 5.5 hours in a day.
2. Schools are guided to ensure that SREs' duties, including lesson preparation and marking, are commensurate with the half-day or full-day remuneration.
3. MOE will continue to periodically review the remuneration of casual employment schemes such as the SRE to ensure they remain relevant and competitive.