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Aristotle
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 Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:24 am Post subject: Ministry of Education Prohibits Foreign Teachers and English |
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Ministry of Education Prohibits Foreign Teachers and English Learning on Taiwan
In a pair of published orders,
http://www.tealit.com/tn.october12003.htm
the Ministry of Education of Taiwan has announced that as of October 1st, 2003 foreign teachers are no longer allowed to teach in Early Childhood Educational (ECE) schools, rescinding their May, 31st, 2002 directive that had allowed the practice. Early Childhood Educational (ECE) school teachers whose contracts were signed before October 1st will be allowed to finish the term of their contracts if not apprehended before then. Announcements were mailed to schools nationwide.
From the onset of the May 31st order, groups of legislators and scholars had strongly criticized the presence of foreign teachers and second language classes in Early Childhood Educational (ECE) schools, arguing that Early Childhood Educational (ECE) schools-aged students were at risk of being not sufficiently socialized in their own language and culture. The Education Ministry cites specifically the issues of Early Childhood Development, Teacher Qualifications, and the growing cultural biases and competition between the variety of �Western� Early Childhood Educational (ECE) schools teaching English. The announcement further mentions an August 27th, 2003 decision by the Executive Yuan as having forced their hand. Some commentators speculate that the issue is being used for political gain in the run up to the presidential elections.
The new edict not only informs schools about the restriction on foreign teachers, but also contains a specific reminder to Early Childhood Educational (ECE) schools that they must comply with all relevant regulations or face prosecution, a statement that was interpreted by some as meaning schools using non-native designations even just in the names of their schools, such as �bi-lingual�, �American�, etc. could be censured.
Also, while not in the directive, the Ministry of Education will remain responsible for certifying teachers to teach at all levels. Announcing that plans dictated in the WTO accession treaties to move the authority of Job Specific Work Permits (H1B) over to the Ministry of Labor's Non Indentured Servant Employee section have been pushed back to an unspecified completion date.
All foreign nationals on Taiwan are advised that a majority of the elected and appointed government on Taiwan strongly opposes recognition of NON Chinese people's human rights on Taiwan. Indentured servitude is alive and well on Taiwan and nearly all persons who are subjugated as indentured servants are Non Chinese. |
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clark.w.griswald
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What is the point in posting this here? It was possibly news for some back in October 2003, but has little relevance to March 2005.
What's wrong with you Aristotle? You are really scratching the bottom of the bowl to be dredging stuff up from almost two years ago! |
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markholmes
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| Indentured servitude is alive and well on Taiwan and nearly all persons who are subjugated as indentured servants are Non Chinese. |
Put your hands up if you are a slave!  
Those in indentured servitude maybe non Chinese but they are also non westerners. |
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Aristotle
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You are really scratching the bottom of the bowl to be dredging stuff up from almost two years ago!
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SSETT will continue to dredge up policies and regulations that continue to effect the lives and well being of foreign teachers on Taiwan.
(It's in the job description)
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clark.w.griswald
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| Aristotle wrote: |
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You are really scratching the bottom of the bowl to be dredging stuff up from almost two years ago!
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SSETT will continue to dredge up policies and regulations that continue to effect the lives and well being of foreign teachers on Taiwan.
(It's in the job description)
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This is exactly my point though. A lot of what you bring to this forum has either no relevance to foreign teachers, or is so deeply buried in your Taiwan bashing that it isn't immediately apparent why you are bothering to post at all.
I am on record as having said that some of the advice you have given in the past was of benefit to teachers. However, I haven't seen anything from you in the last few months (despite your posting within almost every thread on this board) that really helped anyone.
This thread is the perfect example of the sort of irrelevant posts that you have been making recently. You titled the thread 'Ministry of Education Prohibits Foreign Teachers and English Learning on Taiwan'. That is not what the article is about. The article only pertains to the teaching of English to pre-school aged children. Your title is clearly misleading and was obviously chosen to increase exposure to this post. Now why is it so important for you to get your name in every thread on this board I wonder?
Why don't you stop denying the obvious and start posting something of some value. Oh, and don't forget to support your statements! |
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