It's no secret that teachers (not just in Singapore) hold one of the most stressful professions in the world. With high expectations to educate students, long work hours, heavy workloads, multitudes of responsibilities to juggle and a frequently hostile working environment, it's no wonder that teaching is a career with high rates of depression.
Teachers here fare no better, despite optimistic sentiments by the Ministry of Education (MOE). A report on The Straits Times revealed that about 5,000 teachers have left their positions over the last five years, with resignation rates shooting up from 2 percent in 2000 to 3 percent of late.