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[Serious_Fun]

greetings-

I have read a few posts (here on Dave's and on other sites) that there is a shortage of EFL teachers right now...is this true? Is it due to visa law(s) changing? Uncertainty after the coup?

or perhaps it is a nasty rumor!?

thanks for your replies!

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

^ Hi


It isn't so much that there's an acute shortage of teachers;

it's more like the demand for teachers is just continually high.


Thailand is one of the few countries I know of that employs

large numbers of ESL teachers in its public schools.


That alone creates a strong demand for teachers.


It's still too early to say what effect the Coup

or the new visa-run rules may have, imho.


My personal 'gutt feeling' ... is that the Coup will have

no effect on the supply of or demand for teachers.


When it comes to the new 90 day limit for people

doing monthly border-runs, I'm not so sure.

(see Visa Exemption in the link above)




Check back after New Year's !












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[sigmoid]

The main cause of any teacher shortage in Thailand is that fact that most schools don't want to pay reasonable salaries. On top of that many schools have a condescending attitude toward foreign (and also local) teachers. Thus, schools have a very difficult time finding and retaining staff.

The new visa regulations have absolutely no effect on actual teachers with a work permit. They do have an effect on people living/working here without a work permit, usually doing something other than teaching.

The coup may have initially scared off some people who naturally didn't understand the nature of it. But basically the coup is over.

Things now depend on the actions on the interim administration and whoever wins elections next year. If they can improve the economy and the educational system, then this may result in better conditions for all teachers and in more people being willing to teach in Thailand and thus a decrease in the demand for foreign teachers .

But it's a fairly big IF.

[Serious_Fun]