Teachers

Teacher acted for loan shark after failed crypto investment, sent him nudes over $600 debt

Geraldine Quek Yi Ling was jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to seven counts of acting on behalf of an unlicensed moneylender.

Childcare centre teacher used pen to stab special needs boy’s head multiple times

The 45-year-old offender will be sentenced on June 22.

UNICEF warns that Afghanistan could lose up to 25,000 female health workers and teachers

The Taliban has banned women from most public sector jobs and limited girls to receiving an education only until the age of 12.

South Korean teachers struggle with malicious complaints from overprotective parents

A survey on over 2,700 teachers showed that 51.9 per cent suffered from malicious complaints from parents in the second half of 2025

Ex-teacher in Japan gets 2 years’ jail for sharing indecent student images

The Nagoya District Court (above) handed down the rulings ahead of decisions on the other members of an alleged teachers’ voyeurism ring.

Ex-teacher faces nine charges, including having sex with underage female student

On April 2, the man was handed nine charges – six counts of committing indecent acts on a minor and three counts of sexually penetrating the student.

Teacher who exposed himself, told student to undress during video call gets 5 months’ jail

On July 31, the 33-year-old man was sentenced to 30 months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual penetration of minor below 16 years old.

ST Screen Timeout

Lights out, laptops on: Early childhood teachers spend nap time learning about screen time

The session comes as Singapore ramps up guidance on digital use for the young.

About 36,000 MOE teachers, allied educators to get pay rise of 2% to 9% from Oct 1

The salaries of education officers, allied educators and MOE kindergarten educators were last reviewed in 2022.

US teacher dies after teens’ toilet paper prank goes wrong

Jason Hughes taught math at North Hall High School in Gainesville, Georgia, where his wife was also a math teacher.

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