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Number of teachers in Singapore from abroad has nearly halved since 2011: MOE
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Foreign-born teachers in Singapore hail mainly from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, France and Spain.
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Justin Ong
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SINGAPORE - International or foreign-born teachers, hired by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to work in Singapore's mainstream schools, have made up less than 1 per cent of the overall teaching force here over the past five years, according to the ministry.
With the total teaching population in Singapore dropping from around 33,000 to 32,000 in the same period, this amounts to about 320 to 330 international teachers here today - almost half of the last reported number of 620 in 2011, when the teaching force was just under 31,000.
