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Sign-on bonuses, pay hikes, referral incentives: Pre-schools go all out to recruit teachers

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PCF has also raised salaries for all teachers and new hires.

PCF has also raised salaries for all teachers and new hires.

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SINGAPORE - Several pre-school operators are actively trying to recruit teachers amid an ongoing review to improve teachers’ well-being and working conditions in the early childhood sector. 

In November 2022, PAP Community Foundation (PCF) Sparkletots – the largest operator here with more than 40,000 children in about 360 pre-schools islandwide – introduced a sign-on bonus of up to $5,000 for new teachers joining them from Dec 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023.

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