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namu_nim · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Location: korea

My school handler told me today that GEPIK is cutting budgets so up to 40 (or maybe more) schools will not realistically be able to afford NTs next year, mine included.
Anyone else had this information, or is it just my school?
How does this affect longer term teachers who wanted to stay at their school? (Will they get the boot?)

Chet Wautlands · Joined: 11 Oct 2008

Our GEPIK coordinator said the same thing.

I'm not worried.

lifeinkorea · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Location: somewhere in China

I am starting to think we need to just go where the money is.

iggyb · Joined: 29 Oct 2003

In this global economy, school boards around the world are cutting budgets drastically. It was the same in the US which is one of the secondary reasons I left for Korea.

andrewchon · Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject:

GEPIK is cutting budget next year. We have been warned if we are not teaching at least 22 hours/week discuss it with our schools, because they'll be the first on the chopping block.

cruisemonkey · Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject:

LOL... you will be 'cut', but in the same budget your school will get W80,000,000 to spend on construction/equipping an 'English room' with the latest, 'high tech' crap (that doesn't work)... and will never be used by the K English teachers (who can't speak English). Rolling Eyes

gillod · Joined: 02 Sep 2009

They're also pushing renewals as opposed to new recruits, so.

TheMeerkatLover · Joined: 26 Mar 2009

cruisemonkey · Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:21 am Post subject:

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TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

lifeinkorea · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Location: somewhere in China

Also the public school doesn't pay, they get funded for it all. So, they just do what is easiest. They don't operate like hagwons do. Hagwons will try to have the teacher get a replacement because they foot the bill.