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kimchijigijig
Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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 Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:37 pm Post subject: Hagwons to double check... |
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Sorry if this has been posted already!!
This bit really cracked me up:
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| As the number of foreign teachers increases at private institutions, problems are on the rise with some involved in sexual assault and drug trafficking |
I would love to know where this person got their figures from? Is it like a Republican Congressman pulling figures out of their arse?
http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20111018000880
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Hagwon required to double check foreign teachers� history
2011-10-19 15:24
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English language private institutions will be required to check the passports, visas and foreign registration cards of foreign teachers before employment, according to a revised law related to private institutions, the Education Ministry said Tuesday.
According to the law which will take effect in Oct. 26, private English institutions, called hagwon here, will receive penalties of 3 million won ($2,600) or face closure if they do not follow the new requirements.
The same law revised in July requires owners of hagwon to check documents submitted when applying E-2 visas such as criminal record checks, health checks and degree certificates.
�As the number of foreign teachers increases at private institutions, problems are on the rise with some involved in sexual assault and drug trafficking. And we revised the law twice in order to enhance the verification process and protect students from potential crimes,� said Han Chang-jin, education official in charge of private institutions.
The law is intended to obligate hagwon owners to double check foreign teachers before they hire, but will not make foreign teachers submit the documents every time they move to a new hagwon or every year, said Yoo Byung-gil, official of Justice Ministry in charge of immigration.
�Foreign lecturers don�t need to submit the documents whenever they seek jobs at hagwon,� he said.
A Korean-American wanted for attempted murder in the U.S. was found operating an English academy in Gangnam District earlier August, shocking many parents and students and raising voice to toughen identity check for foreign teachers.
There are about 22,600 E-2 visa holders in Korea and of them, about 15,000 foreigners are employed at hagwon for teaching English.
By Lee Woo-young ([email protected]) |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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someone probably saw it on tv and it filtered out from there.
I cant believe how many people ive heard say 'i saw it on tv' lately as if god spoke to them from a burning bush...
fact is, crime stats dont add up.
And good on the girl who stood up and said she didnt want to be tested for HIV. Its a violation of human rights.
All teachers should be grilled or none. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
someone probably saw it on tv and it filtered out from there.
I cant believe how many people ive heard say 'i saw it on tv' lately as if god spoke to them from a burning bush...
fact is, crime stats dont add up.
And good on the girl who stood up and said she didnt want to be tested for HIV. Its a violation of human rights.
All teachers should be grilled or none. |
Read between-the-lines. People were outraged that a Korean-American who was wanted for murder was running a hagwon in the Gangnam area.
This is probably a knee-jerk reaction. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:11 am Post subject: |
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I suspected they would find a way to blame all EFL teachers
for this and voila! Not surprised at all.
C'est la vie. |
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