Pak Tee Ng | Associate Professor
National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore

Pak Tee NG [National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University] is a Singaporean educator who is deeply involved in the development of school and teacher leaders. At the NIE, he previously served as Associate Dean Leadership Learning, Head of the Policy and Leadership Studies Academic Group, and NIE Academic Integrity Officer.

Pak Tee has published extensively on educational change, policy and leadership.  He has spoken at many global events, for example, Google Global Education Symposium, International Baccalaureate Global Conference, Yidan Prize Summit and WISE Summit. He is currently a member of Scotland’s International Council of Education Advisers and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University.

Internationally, government organisations, professional networks and media often seek his views or advice regarding educational change. Having retired from journal editorship, he now serves as honorary mentor to a few younger editors. He is an editorial board member of several other international refereed journals. He is the co-editor of the Routledge Leading Change book series and the author of the book “Learning from Singapore: The Power of Paradoxes”.

Pak Tee encourages educators to walk a path not easily travelled, with love, courage and resilience. Although he is thankful for receiving a few awards during his career, his greater reward is a fraternity of students who are educational leaders themselves and who pay it forward through their educational leadership and commitment to education.