Topic: Schools Putting Teachers in Harm´s Way

[RobRoy]

Concur Los....worked with two teachers in the past without ANY degree or TEFL at a government school. Reading the requirements for getting a WP at a government school it became clear there is NO required docs.   And yes, I do have a copy of the requirements here at home if you want me to scan them and post it.  For a private school, you must have at teachers license which means a degree or TEFL or both.

Been there and seen it with my own eye...I'm blind in the other....after working in a private school jumping thru all the f-ing paperwork hoops, going to a government school made the paperwork disappear.  Renewed my WP and my visa all in one day.

[fortuneguy]

Thanks Robroy- that's a gem.  I never knew that and I'm betting most others didn't either. Egg on the face most of all to  the teacher sites that have not put this across (assuming they haven't of course). 

Now quite why it should be ok to be able to teach in a gov. school in Thailand, but not in any other defies any explanation. You'd have thought it would be the other way round.

What a bloody farce !!!

[bomha]

I thought that the discussion on ajarn forum net, after the man from SEE interviewed some local MoE officials, pointed out the big differences between Bangkok and up=country.  I think there are no rules, no clear rules, no real laws, or no definate guidelines that apply everywhere.  There are so many exceptions to the rule that they disprove the rule.  It is up to local discretion.  It is up to the school owner or director, his connections with the authorities, and the behaviour of each teacher.