Singapore Teachers Work Longer Hours, Report Higher Stress than OECD Average

Singapore’s teachers are stressed out and overworked, study finds

More than one in four teachers report ‘a lot’ of stress, far higher than their global peers, with administrative duties a major factor.

Global survey finds that S’pore teachers spend less time teaching and marking, but work longer hours

Teachers in Singapore reported working an average of 47.3 hours a week. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore teachers work longer hours, report higher stress than OECD average

A survey of 55 education systems across the world found that full-time teachers in Singapore work a total of 47.3 hours a week, more than the OECD average of 41 hours.

Netizens say teachers’ workload underreported, call for fair pay and better work-life balance

SINGAPORE: Teachers in Singapore work significantly longer hours than their global peers, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) released on 7 October 2025. The survey found that teachers in Singapore clock an average of 47.3 working hours per week, compared with the OECD average of 41 hours. This places Singapore third globally, behind Japan at 55 hours …

Global survey finds Singapore teachers spend less time teaching and marking, but work longer hours

SINGAPORE — Teachers in Singapore schools are spending fewer hours teaching and marking, but they are clocking more work time overall due to non-teaching tasks.These include lesson planning, student counselling, co-curricular activities and communicating with parents, a new global survey has found.Singapore's teachers reported working an average of 47.3 hours a week, higher than the OECD average of 41, according...

S'pore teachers teach and mark less, but work longer: Global poll hours

Teachers in Singapore schools are spending fewer hours teaching and marking, but they are clocking more work time overall due to other non-teaching tasks....