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On 28 September 1946, about 200 teachers attended a meeting under the auspices of Singapore Teachers' Association (STA). A key agenda of the meeting was a motion to have a union of their own, as STA had no legal status to negotiate better terms for teachers. The motion was moved by P V Sharma and seconded by Yapp Thean Chye.
19th Assembly of Delegates of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession, Sydney Town Hall, August 1970 The federation was established in 1952, with the merger of the International Federation of Secondary Teachers (FIPESO), the International Federation of Teachers' Associations (IFTA), and the World Organisation of the Teaching Profession (WOTP), the three main ...
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SAS teachers' average stay at the school is 8.4 years. Currently, 60% of SAS teachers have over five years' tenure at the school, including 34% who have stayed a decade or more. The student-teacher ratio is 10.2:1, and class sizes are limited to 16 in the ELC and, with few exceptions, 22 for grades K–12. [28]
In the 1960s its membership grew rapidly, but it was less successful in the 1970s, membership increasing by 18%, while that of its rival, the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS), nearly doubled. [1] The union changed its name to the Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (APEX) in 1972.
In 2002, Cheryl Vedoe, founder of Tenth Planet and VP of Education Marketing at Apple Inc., became CEO of Apex. [3] That same year, it acquired Beyond Books. Apex Learning acquired Boxer Math in 2003. [2] In 2006, Apex had a $6 million round of venture capital financing led by MK Capital [3]. [4] [better source needed]
The government decided that every student in Singapore had to have at least ten years of general education, with technically inclined students filtered into the Normal (Technical) stream in secondary schools as preparation. These students would then attend the ITE after they finished secondary school education.
The school was also the first in Singapore to form a parent-teachers' association in 1950. [4] Currently, GESS is recognised among the top 50 schools in Singapore by the Ministry of Education . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The school's founding site at Telok Ayer Street was designated as a national historical site by the National Heritage Board in 1997.