SINGAPORE : The Education Ministry will give more resources to
schools to help them come up with new and innovative ways of
teaching their students.
There will be more teachers over the next five years - 1,000 for
primary schools, 1,400 for secondary schools and 550 for junior
colleges and centralised institutes.
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From next month, there will be a programme to attract former
teachers to rejoin the profession.
And by 2008, every school will have at least one full-time school
counsellor.
The Education Ministry will also recruit dedicated staff trained in
special education for about 50 mainstream schools so that they can
help students with special needs. - CNA
