Wanted: Kindergarten teacher 4,000 baht a month - Thai social media goes bonkers

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Wanted: Kindergarten teacher 4,000 baht a month - Thai social media goes bonkers

 

 

Thai social media went crazy after a school in Sukhothai advertised online for a kindergarten teacher for a monthly salary of 4,000 baht.

 

Netizens said that this would make it slave labor - well under even the Thai minimum wage.

 

Sanook reporters went to the Ban Pha Wiang school some 100 kilometers into the countryside from the city of Sukhothai where they found a desperate situation.

 

Five teachers had left the school and term was starting.

 

In addition a first year kindergarten class had a teacher who was sick and needed hospital treatment for three or four months.

 

So the staff themselves had clubbed together to scrape up a 4,000 baht salary for a replacement.

 

This has since been bumped up to 7,000 baht by the school operator but there are still no takers.

 

The advertisement said you needed a bachelor's degree to apply.

 

Source: Sanook

 

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[coulson]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

The advertisement said you needed a bachelor's degree to apply

......and a psychogical disorder.

[cornishcarlos]

Geez, we employ a girl for more than double that.. She has no qualifications and all she does is a bit of general cleaning, feed our animals, clean the chicken pens and watch the dog when we are not at home !!

Bet she wishes she'd got a bachelors degree now !!!

[Somtamnication]

Can't make this stuff up! Kudos to the teachers putting in their own money, but also glad this is now in the limelight. 

[nikmar]

begging would be a be a better option.

[SABloke]

24 minutes ago, webfact said:

Five teachers had left the school and term was starting.

 

24 minutes ago, webfact said:

So the staff themselves had clubbed together to scrape up a 4,000 baht salary for a replacement.

 

What happened to the budget that would have been allocated to the 5 teachers that left?

[attrayant]

I guess I'm a little confused.  If five teachers had quit, aren't their salaries now available to hire replacements?  Surely the payroll saved by the departure of five teachers is not 4000 baht.

[DM07]

Just shows, how much this society, that claims to be so child- friendly, really works!

Thainess as it's best!

[moe666]

9 minutes ago, DM07 said:

Just shows, how much this society, that claims to be so child- friendly, really works!

Thainess as it's best!

No not the society but some scam artist principal

[mikebell]

Now we know why Thai Education is in a downward spiral.  Principleless principals cashing in.  My stepdaughter applied locally for a teaching job.  The principal was interested but only if I would teach part-time for nothing.  I agreed.

We then received back-word that another had been hired after an under-the-table payment had been paid.  The successful candidate bragged it had cost her/family 300,000.

[Misterwhisper]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Five teachers had left the school and term was starting.

Because they just would no longer put up with the slave wages they were paid by this fine and upstanding educational institution? I'd be most curious to learn how much the school's principal bags every month...

 

Even my cleaning lady, who only went to school for 4 years and is thus considered an "unskilled" worker, earns 500 Baht a day plus overtime toiling at the packing line of a well-known local beverage manufacturer.

[timewilltell]

Everything in this place is a scam. Pathetic schools charging 20k to register your child plus the term fees. These are not top class schools. The whole set up is designed to fail and encourages corruption. Corruption everywhere in every sector  it really is hopeless.

[Kasset Tak]

Teachers hired directly by the school (not yet a government officer) only get the minimum wages of around 300 Baht day x work 5 days  a week ≈ 6-7,000 Baht a month!!!
Why they accept this and also sometimes pay for getting the job?! When they have worked for a while (years) then they can become government officers and their salaries have a potential to get all the way up to 80-100,000 Baht/month for a teacher that keeps his/her mouth in cheek and do all the right things! And yeah, it is truth, I know this as my Thai co-teacher earns 75,000 Baht/month.

[Borzandy]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Wanted: Kindergarten teacher 4,000 baht a month

With or without work-permit?

[Gecko123]

15 years ago I inquired about teaching at a small private school in my area and they offered me 3,000 baht.

 

I was, like, per day? They shook their head.

 

Per week? They shook their head.

 

When they told me it was per month, my jaw just about hit the floor. No, I didn't accept the offer.

[jackdd]

49 minutes ago, Kasset Tak said:

then they can become government officers and their salaries have a potential to get all the way up to 80-100,000 Baht/month

That's impossible, the salary of government officials follows a table that you can find on Google, depending on rank and number of years in service, and not even the highest rank (and a government worker who has a rank equal to a 4 star army general does not actively teach anymore, and just a very small percentage of people will ever reach any "general" rank anyway) and maximum years reaches 80k

Edited May 18, 2018 by jackdd

[shady86]

Might as well ask for volunteer working for free.

[car720]

2 hours ago, attrayant said:

I guess I'm a little confused.  If five teachers had quit, aren't their salaries now available to hire replacements?  Surely the payroll saved by the departure of five teachers is not 4000 baht.

No but it is enough to buy  a new car.  

[colinneil]

55 minutes ago, Kasset Tak said:

Teachers hired directly by the school (not yet a government officer) only get the minimum wages of around 300 Baht day x work 5 days  a week ≈ 6-7,000 Baht a month!!!
Why they accept this and also sometimes pay for getting the job?! When they have worked for a while (years) then they can become government officers and their salaries have a potential to get all the way up to 80-100,000 Baht/month for a teacher that keeps his/her mouth in cheek and do all the right things! And yeah, it is truth, I know this as my Thai co-teacher earns 75,000 Baht/month.

Somebody is telling you porkies mate.

A teacher on 75.000 baht dream on.

My wife is a senior government official and dont earn that.

[Cereal]

I dunno, man. A Bachelors degree from darn near any university in Thailand is only worth 4000 Baht a month. Sounds fair to me.

[Bob12345]

As always the reporters took the lazy route by just publishing what they read online without contacting anyone about the details.

 

I asked my aunt (in law) who is a teacher at a government school and she indicates her school pays around 6,500 baht for such a position. 

 

That seems like nothing but they sometimes give free housing with it. Plus free food, which you can also take home to share with family.

 

So who applies for these positions? Mostly people who have a farm and have little to do in certain months. They get up early, do some farm work, then go to school where they eat, do their supervising duties, and then take home all left-over food for their family. 

 

The writer of this article could have done the same research i did. It takes a few minutes only. For someone producing this kind of articles i would not pay more than 5,000 baht a month either.

[4MyEgo]

3 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

Geez, we employ a girl for more than double that.. She has no qualifications and all she does is a bit of general cleaning, feed our animals, clean the chicken pens and watch the dog when we are not at home !!

Bet she wishes she'd got a bachelors degree now !!!

That's what I got a wife for, and the 8,400 baht a month has to cover lunch money at the school for 3 kids, some local village fresh veggies daily, anything left over can pay for her petrol on the motorbike and monthly water bill, yep, she's on a good wicket my Mrs is 

[Briggsy]

1 hour ago, jackdd said:

That's impossible, the salary of government officials follows a table that you can find on Google, depending on rank and number of years in service, and not even the highest rank (and a government worker who has a rank equal to a 4 star army general does not actively teach anymore, and just a very small percentage of people will ever reach any "general" rank anyway) and maximum years reaches 80k

I thought the same but I assume Kasset Tak is including the off-the-record payments that senior teachers derive through their position. 80,000 - 100,000 a month cannot be the official salary of a government teacher.

[Somchai Logic]

Pay Peanuts, Get... Again if I say the correct term for the indigenous, I will be blocked again 

[Johnniey]

3 hours ago, DM07 said:

Just shows, how much this society, that claims to be so child- friendly, really works!

Thainess as it's best!

Firstly, you obviously don't know what 'Thainess' or kwam bpen Thai" actually is.

Secondly, you know nothing about Thai society, as it is much more kid-friendly than say the UK, USA.

Thirdly, nobody has to force their kids to go to the school and nobody has to apply for the job. 

I've put my 3 kids through the the Thai education system, how many have you?

 

[Johnniey]

29 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

That's what I got a wife for, and the 8,400 baht a month has to cover lunch money at the school for 3 kids, some local village fresh veggies daily, anything left over can pay for her petrol on the motorbike and monthly water bill, yep, she's on a good wicket my Mrs is 

Do you take your 3 kids on holidays on the motorbike?

[Johnniey]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

My wife is a senior government official and dont earn that.

lol, living in rural Isarn

[4MyEgo]

2 minutes ago, Johnniey said:

Do you take your 3 kids on holidays on the motorbike?

I can't answer that, your a total stranger..........and I always tell my kids to stay away from strangers, especially when we are going on holidays on the motorbike !

Edited May 18, 2018 by 4MyEgo

[mickymouse1]

I presume this is a privatelyowned school and the ownersare not interested in spending money but take in and save for their own benefits rather than that of the school.Greed and unprofessionalism

 

[4MyEgo]

5 minutes ago, Johnniey said:

Firstly, you obviously don't know what 'Thainess' or kwam bpen Thai" actually is.

Secondly, you know nothing about Thai society, as it is much more kid-friendly than say the UK, USA.

Thirdly, nobody has to force their kids to go to the school and nobody has to apply for the job. 

I've put my 3 kids through the the Thai education system, how many have you?

 

Do you take your kids on holidays on the motorbike ?