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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:33 am Post subject: GEPIK budget cut puts foreign English teachers� jobs at risk |
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Bad news for GEPIK teachers.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/07/117_91266.html
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A sudden and drastic budget cut will force more than 800 foreign English teachers out of their jobs at schools in Gyeonggi Province in the second half of the year.
The Gyeonggi Provincial Council passed a supplementary budget bill submitted by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (GPOE) Tuesday, but excluded the 15.6 billion won needed to extend the contracts of foreign English teachers.
Officials from the council said that they cut the budget as part of long-term plans to eventually reduce the number of foreign teachers and replace them with Koreans.
With the budget cut, about 819 teachers will have to find new jobs in the coming months, officials said.
Out of the 1,119 foreign English teachers in elementary, middle and high schools who receive their salary from the education office, 300 have already been laid off.
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The contract for foreign English teachers in local schools is valid for one year. Those whose contract expires in October, November and December will not be able to renew them. Contracts for at least 196 teachers are to expire during those three months.
However, the remaining 623 teachers whose contracts are just underway are the ones facing immediate trouble because they may not be able to receive their salaries starting next month.
�We�ll try to pay them as much as we can even if we have to use our own budget allocated for schools. We may be able to pay them for at least four to five months, but again, this is not finalized. We will try not to let go the 623 remaining teachers if possible,� the official said.
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Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| Hello China! |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:58 am Post subject: |
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Wow. Thats a real gamechanger.
& to PS teachers outside Gyeonggi, I'd say dont be counting your chickens. You cant know when things might turn, fast. |
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ssuprnova
Joined: 17 Dec 2010
Location: Saigon
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:01 am Post subject: Re: GEPIK budget cut puts foreign English teachers� jobs at |
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| shrug so GPOE is basically making the hagweon owners a big favor? |
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Malislamusrex
Joined: 01 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:24 am Post subject: |
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why don't they just say... we are skint.
So, in 3 years Korean teachers are suppose to accomplish what it has taken Japan and the middle East a much higher budget and four times as long..... Korea fighting. |
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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:29 am Post subject: |
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Since Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in Korea, I'd say this will definitely affect the public school market in many other parts of Korea.
All of those teachers that dont want to go home will have to go somewhere. |
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rainism
Joined: 13 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:41 am Post subject: |
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this is probably good news as my school's budget will eliminate the position and will force me to do what I was tempted to do at my renewal time not too long ago... which was to leave.
big ripe world out there. I've seen all I need to see and mostly do in Korea anyways.
what I don't quite understand is "some teachers have already been LAID OFF"?
what the hell does that mean? Non renewed? that's different.
laid off suggests losing your position during the duration of the contract. I suspect because of the legalities of the contract, they won't be able to get away with a stunt like that and come up with the money somehow until the contracts in question expire. |
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rainism
Joined: 13 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:43 am Post subject: |
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| shostahoosier wrote: |
All of those teachers that dont want to go home will have to go somewhere. |
prediction: = next year's hogwan salaries will drop to 2.0 with absolutely zero benefits to speak of. (unless economy picks up drastically back home which isn't going to happen) |
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DBXD
Joined: 16 May 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:00 am Post subject: |
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| Time for all you Liberal Arts, Psychology and Basket Weavers majors to head back home and make good use of your useless degrees. |
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Kaypea
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:06 am Post subject: |
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Ni hao. Got "unrenewed" today. It was a little surreal, since I was given the green light to start my third year this fall.
I'd probably be better off teaching adults who want to learn English, rather than middle schoolers who don't. I was starting to become a jaded Mario Bomb Game jockey. So... maybe it's time to find a Wall Street English somewhere. |
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Kaypea
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:07 am Post subject: |
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| DBXD wrote: |
| Time for all you Liberal Arts, Psychology and Basket Weavers majors to head back home and make good use of your useless degrees. |
ok |
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rainism
Joined: 13 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| DBXD wrote: |
| Time for all you Liberal Arts, Psychology and Basket Weavers majors to head back home and make good use of your useless degrees. |
I think all the Walmart greeter jobs at taken up by senior citizens these days.
but I've heard you can work at Mickey D's in North Dakota for 15 an hour, because of the booming oil economy. You won't find housing though.
and you'll be.. in North Dakota.
in fairness, I don't think it's a job seeker's market for business or accounting or even technical majors like IT.
they can hire Indians for half the price/cost (and they do). |
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rainism
Joined: 13 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| Kaypea wrote: |
Ni hao. Got "unrenewed" today. It was a little surreal, since I was given the green light to start my third year this fall.
I'd probably be better off teaching adults who want to learn English, rather than middle schoolers who don't. I was starting to become a jaded Mario Bomb Game jockey. So... maybe it's time to find a Wall Street English somewhere. |
out of curiosity. Was this after the contracts were signed? I'm guessing not, since you said it'd be this fall. I'm sure they were properly apologetic and sincere. Was out of their hands if they can't get funding. But feel good about the fact they did want you to stay.
I agree with you about teaching adults or college kids. My esl gig outside of Korea was teaching college kids and adults, with some a small number of teens mixed in. It paid crap, but I think I accomplished a lot more there than here in Korea.
(problem is a feeling of "accomplishment" doesn't pay any bills, not even a bar tab) |
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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:04 am Post subject: |
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maybe if these teachers actually did their jobs this wouldnt have happened.
and stay away from seoul! the people are rude, theres traffic everywhere, and the ajummas push harder here!  |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:17 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know how many people know this fact. The Gyeonggi-do Board of Education whacked off a lot of public school fundings for the 2011 school year. It's not just GEPIK that suffered a (well-expected) fate. |
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