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A teacher at my daughters rural school has been caught with fake qualifications. He has been given two weeks to leave the country. However I am worried that other teachers at the school are working illegally and have not been though any of the checks now demanded by the Thai government. What can a concerned step father do to ensure no more criminal teachers find work at my daughters school? I have met with the Kru Yai to discuss this issue beofre but she seemed not to understand the laws and regulations that apply to foreign teachers.

Well, i can sense your worries. However, if the Thais could stop looking at the colour of the skin, then your daughter could get qualified teachers from all parts of the world. Of course this has to do with the Ministry of Education of Thailand and Immigration Department which classified only the native speakers can teach in Thailand.

Do Thais really need native speaker in the classroom to sense the "nativeness" ? BBC world service is broadcasting 24 hours as well as the website http://www.bbc.co.uk is online round the clock.

I wish you could talk to more parents and pressurise the government to change the rules to pay the Thai teachers better and more 1st grade teachers are trained besides the pressures for the teachers training universities to change the syllbles as well.

The world is small now and colours of skin do not play a role in the education. White is better than tanned ? M Jackson is the only one that need that feeling.

I wonder what they will get paid?

I wonder this word as Volunteer is correctly used by the Chinese Authority. These volunteers are paid 10,000 bahts a month with US Dollars 200 a month from the Chinese government.