Adjustment of Workload for Teacher-counsellors to Allow Them to Balance Teaching and Counselling Duties

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Education how does the Ministry monitor whether schools have appropriately reduced the teaching or CCA duties for teacher-counsellors to ensure that such teachers are able to balance their teaching and counselling workloads. ****

Mr Chan Chun Sing: Guided by MOE, schools have the flexibility to reduce the teaching or other duties of teacher-counsellors to provide them more time to counsel students with moderate needs. For example, some have reduced classes or committee work. The training and deployment of teacher-counsellors is monitored at both school and Ministry levels to ensure they are adequately supported.