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I have done a degree with them and a Post Graduate Diploma as well. PM me any questions you have.

so people concerned that the course would fail due to lack of numbers can put those fears to rest.

Good to know that the course will complete (due to enough customers students taking the course) but we still don't know how accepted the qualification will be by employers. I guess we will have to wait and see what happens when people start applying for jobs in a few years time.

yes, am I going to improve as a teacher------yes, and already have.

I hate to point this out but you are hardly in a position to know if you have improved. Only an experienced educator with many years of experience (and knowledge) would be able to tell if your teaching had improved. You only think your teaching had improved.

It is a shame that people rely on shortcuts to try and get qualified. My advice is to do it once and do it right. This qualification is of questionable value and the requirements for teachers are only going to get more and more onerous.

Applied on 31 May and informed on 1 August that passport is ready to pick up in 2 days time.

Normally a country like Thailand will take the death penalty off the table (as the US has to do in cases of extradition from the UK or EU countries) and this will allow extradition to occur.

A degree is needed for most jobs (especially the better ones) so trying to work without one will limit your opportunities.

I think the University of London courses are much better (and cheaper)

For A levels there are 2 parts - AS level in the first year and A2 level in the second year

I think it is good advice to get yourself onto a degree course.

FYI to get onto a degree course with the University of London:

General entrance requirements EITHER passes in:

Two subjects at GCE ‘A’ level + at least

three further subjects at GCSE or GCE ‘O’ level (at not less than grade C or a ‘pass’ if taken prior to 1975)

OR three subjects at GCE ‘A’ level (with one ‘A’ level at not less than grade D)

OR three subjects at GCE ‘A’ level + one further subject at GCSE or GCE ‘O’ level (at not less than grade C)

OR two subjects at GCE ‘A’ level + two further subjects at ‘AS’ level.

Teaching experience is very rarely taken into consideration and that is much more important than whether someone spent a few years getting drunk at university 20-30 years ago while doing a degree in Aromatherapy or Equine Management.

While there is some drinking and partying at university, that is not all that goes on while people study there. Students actually spend 3 - 4 years learning things and it is a reasonable expectation that teachers have a reasonable level of education. I don't know anyone who did a degree in "Aromatherapy or Equine Management"

The fact is that the levels of education and teaching in Thailand are dire (and are shown in international tests) and that is due to the fact that Thai teachers are not very well trained and also because they will accept any white face to teach English. This overall yields very poor results.

For the OP, you will need to get some qualifications and get on the right track in order to get qualified if you still wish to be a teacher moving into the future. Whether you like it or not, if you want to teach in a school, you need to start getting the proper pieces of paper, Failing that you can work for a private language school.

I would advise you contact the exam boards in the UK and get the books to study for the qualifications you need, You can take IGCSEs and A Levels at the British Council or at one of the international schools so that then you could do a degree with the Open University of the University of London International Programme.

I would guess you would need:

GCSE passes in English and Maths

2 A Levels at C and above

Then you can apply for a degree

Rights to the length of probation

Rights to holiday and sick pay

There are many rights that should be available and I don't know why that you as a teacher should be against teachers having the same rights as everyone else. Instead you are very confrontational and BTW I don't have to post my opinion but would point out that I do have an open mind to reading the legislation and I also have a degree in law (and have done some contractual work in Thailand) so I think I know my apples....

I find it absolutely unbelieveable that teachers would lose all their rights under law just for private schools as this would be unconstitutional and this eventuality is excluded in the very words of the act but I would have to go back and read the Thai version to be sure.

The reason you might not hear from teachers who have won is that many cases will be settled out of court and these will be agreements based on the silence of the teachers who will be obligated to say nothing in return for settling for their entitlement.

But the rights of a teacher at this kind of school cannot be less than those as prescribed under the labor protection provisions....

Read this section:

Section 86.

The affairs of a Formal School only on the part of the Director, teachers and educational personnel shall not be subject to the law on labor protection, the law on labor relations, the law on social security and the law on compensation. However, the Director, teachers and educational personnel of a Formal School shall receive remunerations not less than those prescribed in the law on labor protection

These days you even get the transcipts in a sealed envelope too..

Only from US universities I think.

University of London degrees are quite cheap and can be done in 3-8 years.

He can be tried in the UK for murder in another country.

You are a teacher so you are supposed to be engaged in Continued Professional Development of some sort.

The university of London external program do a BA in business I think and you might be able to transfer your credits. Failing that there is the Open University.

I did my MEd Thesis (in Curriculum and instruction) on research done in Bangkok. PM me if you have any specific questions about research in Thailand (and in Thai schools) and I will give you my honest opinion(s).

IMHO, looking at local teachers (even of English) might require you to speak Thai or require the services of a translator....

Word of mouth and having expertise helps a lot, I do a lot of contract checking and dissertations for LLM students with business related topics a speciality.

250 - 500 per page depending on the quality of the written English.

Why do you believe this is an important question?

Because if the person is being replaced with someone else doing the same position then it's an open and shut case of severance having to be paid as the job is clearly not temporary in nature or it not for a specific project.

If the position is not being replaced then it might be possible to argue that the job was temporary but the courts would probably hold that it is not temporary (and severance was due) because of the fact the position was held for 3 years.

There is one important question that is of importance here:

Are you being replaced?

Didn't the Democrats also give money directly to people just a few months back to "help the economy"

And the salaries are???

Why would you go to the police???

It is easier to puruse a civil action which means you need a lawyer. You would only involve the police if you wished to pursue criminal charges e.g. for theft.

You are working illegally and you are an illegal alien as you have broken the terms of your visa exemption or visa. It would like telling a police officer the prostitute stole your cocaine at the under ground casino.

Good Luck

People really should not post who don't understand the law as it actually is.

Not having a work permit does not preclude you from being able to claim.....

Not having a written contract likewise does stop you claiming....

In this case however it seems you are just temporary staff so would be entitled to be paid what you worked as you are on an hourly basis and the employer has no right to keep that money BUT there may be deductions for you not completing your side of the contract and associated costs in replacing you...

sorry for your loss,,,

BUT

you had no legal status to make such a contract !

no work permit !

Where is the basis of ANY claim legal or otherwise ??

3 baht of lead maybe ..

You don't need a work permit to be able to claim....

Legally, does the Ministry of Education possess the power to 'revoke' a clause of an Act by an announcement, or otherwise? Shouldn't have thought so.

They might have a delegated power to do so.

My first thoughts would be that the taking away of rights specifically for teachers would be unconstitutional and even if the courts applied the law as some of them see it, a challenge as to the validity of the law itself would be the way to go as it does not treat people equally and equal treatment is a constitutional right.

I find Thunder's comments to be not very helpful and shold point out that normally in almost all situations a contract that is extended means that that person is not a temporary worker and IS entitled to severance pay. People who just make excuses for the status quo with a mai pen rai and TIT are not only letting others down but they will eventually end up letting themselves down too as they will eventually inevitably suffer as well as those who have suffered before!