Singapore legislation
Regulation 36
Regulation 36
Desks and seats
Subregulation 1
The supervisor must submit for the approval of the Director‑General a pattern of any desks or seats to be provided for the use of the pupils, and the supervisor must also, if so required in writing, substitute desks and seats of an approved type for those already in use.
Subregulation 2
Unless the Director-General otherwise directs, the supervisor must cause the desks and seats to be so arranged that the light falls from the pupils’ left.
Subregulation 3
Except as may arise from the grouping of pupils around tables, a pupil must not be seated so as to face a window or other external opening facing the open sky or through which light is reflected from a bright surface.