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asiannationmc
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 Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:47 pm Post subject: Beijing issues new regulations cracking down on foreign teac |
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A trend towards stricter requirements nation wide?
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Under-aged or under-qualified Beijing teachers now have to worry about more than just their kindergarten students. The city’s municipal government tightened requirements for working as a teacher in the city.
Beginning October 3, language teachers must have five years of relevant teaching experience, no criminal record and the specific name of their employer on their work documents. For those who were able to get a work Z visa before October 3, but do not meet the new requirements, it is unclear what their future will hold.
Language teachers also must possess either a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate, Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) certificate or a Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) document.
These new regulations will lead to schools longing for the bureaucracy-free days of stamping visas in private rooms at the local PSB, an increase in Photoshop sales or (heaven's forbid) a diversity of English teachers. The lazy days of Beijing's "white guy in a tie" are coming to a close, and schools may actually have to hire teachers based on their qualifications alone-- not, in some cases, just by their skin color or nationality.
Along with the relevant work experience, teachers must also be aged 18 to 60-years-old [tweens and grandparents need not apply] and hold at least a bachelor’s degree. The age limit for teacher’s in the city’s various talent institutes is 65-years-old.
Currently, more than 37,000 foreign citizens from the United States, Japan, South Korea, Germany and Australia work in Beijing. The majority are apparently involved in the information, computer science, education, consulting and science and technology industries.
Previously, China was known as a "poor man's South Korea or Japan," a place where individuals without the proper degrees or criminal records could still get hired through back alley loop-holes. But, following two-years of inglorious actions by a minority of foreign teachers in China, including pedophilia, sexual assaults and numerous acts of drunk violence, Beijing is tightening regulations on its "English Experts". The Chinese government not only issued tougher visa laws in 2013 that require criminal background checks, but their current arrest and deportation rate has nearly doubled since 2012. |
http://online.thatsmags.com/post/under-aged-or-under-qualified-following-new-regulations-dont-count-on-teaching-english-in-beijing |
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wangdaning
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"poor mans South Korea or Japan."
What a load of crap. Whoever wrote this must have drinking some good tea. |
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asiannationmc
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PittsburghSound
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Not sure I buy the 5 year teaching experience requirement. They have enough trouble as it is finding enough teachers with 2 years of experience...
The criminal record check is not very new or surprising though. |
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asiannationmc
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wangdaning
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| Who holds a z visa after legally changing? You should have an RP. See the sticky. |
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newmansone
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Anyone who thinks random drug testing will become legal or enforceable is off their own rockers. This is a complete violation of even the Chinese constitution and basic laws. It would never be allowed to be instituted - by the government, the American government/embassy, or anyone. If you were asked to do it, simply call your embassy and they will assist you in filing a human rights violation - since, by Chinese constitutional law, that is what it is. I'm sure that "My Uncle-daddy is a lawyer" man can confirm this. |
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asiannationmc
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Mr. Newmansone, From what I heard the westerners did question the legitimacy of it then and are still questioning the legitimacy of it from the comfort of their own hometowns.
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If you were asked to do it, simply call your embassy and they will assist you in filing a human rights violation |
Mr. Newmansome, it is a pleasure to read a statement with such a forthright self righteous over inflated opinion and it is my sincerest desire that you have such an event happen so you can exercise your rights and return triumphantly to this board, pockets full of tales that will inspire the newbie and amaze the old hands. .
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1346835/compulsory-drug-tests-violate-basic-human-rights-doctors-group-says
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A government plan to make it easier for police to test people for drug use is flawed and a violation of basic human rights, the Medical Association says.
The proposed drug-testing scheme, titled Rescue, would give police the power to test anyone on the street for drugs based on "reasonable suspicion" related to their behavior and the presence of drugs nearby.
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asiannationmc
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"Almost" is close enough in China but then again, I have the feeling your very familiar with that concept as the Beijing Police ALMOST arrested a movie star when they arrested Jackie's son, Jaycee Chan and an ALMOST Chinese movie star when they arrested Taiwanese movie star Ko Kai for possession.
http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/foreigners-told-stay-off-the-drugs-and-twitter/
The test can also show many other physical and medical conditions but what I would be the most concern is the tests are subject to “human error [and] false positive results due to the tests being done by police that are "ALMOST" competent to conduct such a test.
Do you ALMOST get it. |
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