Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
Regulation 16
Minimum qualifications for registration as teacher
The minimum qualifications for registration as a teacher are —
where the medium is English — the Cambridge Overseas ‘O’ level School Certificate with a pass in oral English or such other qualifications as the Director‑General may consider its equivalent;
where the medium is Chinese — the Certificate of the Government Senior Middle III Examination or Government Senior Normal Examination or such other qualifications as the Director‑General may consider their equivalent;
where the medium is Malay — either the Malaya Certificate of Education with passes in Malay language and Malay literature or the Cambridge School Certificate with a credit in Malay, or the Certificate of the Sultan Idris Training College or, of the Malay Women’s Training College Malacca or the Certificate known as “Trained Under Other Schemes (T.U.O.S.)”, or the Standard VII Certificate in Malay of a Malay School in Singapore or Malaysia or such other qualifications as the Director‑General may consider their equivalent; and
where the medium is Tamil — either the Malaya Certificate of Education with passes in Tamil language and Tamil literature or a Cambridge School Certificate with a credit in Tamil or the Indian Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Tamil) or the Certificate known as “Trained Under Other Schemes (T.U.O.S.)”, or the Standard VII Certificate of a Tamil School in Singapore or Malaysia or such other qualifications as the Director‑General may consider their equivalent:Provided that the Director-General may at his or her discretion require such additional qualifications as he or she considers necessary for the teaching of a particular subject in a particular school.