TEACHERS (Particulars of termination of services and resignations)

Mr Tay Boon Too asked the Minister for Education (a) the number of teachers whose services were terminated from 1969 up to the latest convenient date, and on what grounds; (b) the number of teachers who left the service voluntarily, and the reasons for their leaving; (c) how many of the teachers whose services were terminated were (i) trained, and (ii) untrained teachers; and (d) how many of the teachers who left voluntarily were (i) trained, and (ii) untrained teachers.

The Minister for Education (Mr Ong Pang Boon): Mr Speaker, Sir, during the period 1st January, 1969, to 17th March, 1970, 39 trained and 46 untrained teachers had their services terminated for unsatisfactory work and conduct, failure to pass probationary or professional examinations, on vacation of office, on medical grounds, or as a result of disciplinary action.

During the same period, 445 trained and 145 untrained teachers left the service voluntarily to join commercial firms or statutory bodies or for employment in other institutions, such as Nanyang University, Ngee Ann College, or for the purpose of pursuing further studies, or for personal or undisclosed reasons.