Male pre-school teacher helps bust children's gender stereotypes

Mr Sufiyan Nur Hakim Suki engages the pre-schoolers through games as well as role-playing and other activities. PHOTO: PCF SPARKLETOTS
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SINGAPORE - When pre-school English teacher Sufiyan Nur Hakim Suki was conducting a role-playing activity in class, some of the boys wanted to be chefs but were stopped by a few girls.

That is a job for girls, the boys were told, said Mr Sufiyan, 25, who teaches at the PAP Community Foundation's (PCF) Sparkletots centre at Block 738 Pasir Ris West.

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