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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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 Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject: Foreign Teaching Pool Expanded to Include More Countries |
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The Ministry of Justice announced Sunday it will allow only nationals of countries including English as an official language that have signed an agreement with Korea to work as assistant English teachers from next year.
The Justice Ministry is currently working on the agreement with India and expects it to be signed next year. So far, only the nationals of seven countries whose mother tongue is English -- Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States -- have been eligible to work as native English teachers.
With the new measure, member countries will be expanded to include the likes of India, the Philippines and Singapore, where English is one of their many official languages. Currently, there are 4,332 native English assistant teachers in elementary, middle and high schools nationwide.
However, nationals of such countries will have to meet tougher qualification requirements than those from the countries where the mother tongue is English. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has decided to make both a teacher's license and a bachelor's degree in an English-related major as prerequisites. Nationals of the seven countries whose mother tongue is English have much more lenient requirement of having graduated from a two-year community college or having finished at least two years of a four-year university course.
A qualification to teach in private English institutes will continue to be limited to nationals of the seven countries. |
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200812/200812290004.html |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Good luck with getting a VSS or CRC from some of these jurisdictions. |
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ovrproof
Joined: 23 Nov 2008
Location: St. Lucia
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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I'm in St. Lucia right now, and it's not only Korea that is recruiting overseas, but Japan as well. The local newspaper here The Voice - ran an ad for ESL teachers. I have to say I was quite surprised to see it.
Perhaps our corrupt and evil government got something in return finally for allowing the Japanese to whale off of our coasts. Our first language is english, and they still require a BA - most people here have gone to school in England, Canada or the States - or the University of the West Indies. It didn't state income levels though. I'm sure they will shaft my people for having the same qualifications as others tho... |
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