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Chiang Mai: Crackdown on tourists teaching at language institutes and cram schools


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37 minutes ago, Hank Gunn said:

Problem is, in general, Thailand doesn't want to pay for "qualified teachers". They want to pay "backpacker wages" (which by the way haven't changed in the last dozen-plus years) and the results are what you see, a large amount of unqualified teachers, whose main "qualifications" are pretty much limited to having a light complexion and maybe being a native English speaker (although that's not always the case).

I don't understand those farang who teach english in thailand for less than a minimum wage in their homecountry.

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It is very dificult to find qualified teachers. My school (as the law stipulates) employs only people with a degree and a Thai teacher's licence (which requires a post-graduate teaching qualification), but it also offers salaries which are considerably higher than those paid by most other institutes. I think it is inevitable that there will be people teaching illegally while schools offer low levels of remuneration.

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2 minutes ago, fruitman said:

I don't understand those farang who teach english in thailand for less than a minimum wage in their homecountry.

Mostly not real teachers so would not be employed back home, the qualified are a very suspicious group, why indeed?

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3 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Mostly not real teachers so would not be employed back home, the qualified are a very suspicious group, why indeed?

Last year a farang was putting something in my mailbox so i went to see what it was...it was a leaflet for his english class at home...i'm not happy with that because if the word spreads that a farang here is teaching  english illegaly the locals might look at me..

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38 minutes ago, moontang said:

I wonder how many of the Fred Flintstone lookalikes, SJWs that march around the narrow sidewalks three wide in CM are a part of the illegal workforce?  

Must say I hav'nt seen and of these people in Chiang Mai as you suggest .........Oh wait ...I did see a heap of them in Pattaya last time I was there . Mainly come out after dark it would seem .Besides ..C/Mai footpaths are not wide enough to walk three wide anyway,

 

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33 minutes ago, orchis said:

''The authorities have said that there are many tourists on 30 day visas continually nipping across the border to extend then going right back to work illegally at language and cram schools in the northern city.''

 

How would that work if only 2 border crossing for visa exempt allowed per year, also 30 day visa, actually visa exempt cannot be extended by crossing borders.

This. They can't even get the basics down surrounding the story, let alone the nuances.

 

And hilarious none of the schools who are actually promoting and encouraging the illegal working are rarely fined or otherwise disciplined.

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3 hours ago, bkkatl said:

I agree. My company, which hires teachers and then forwards them on to Thai public schools, hires people with no work permits often. I get less money every month working legally than the people working illegally. My agency is so big however, that immigration doesn't blink an eye. 

 

Does this agency start with a letter M? 

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25 minutes ago, fruitman said:

Last year a farang was putting something in my mailbox so i went to see what it was...it was a leaflet for his english class at home...i'm not happy with that because if the word spreads that a farang here is teaching  english illegaly the locals might look at me..

Ever thought that the farang might be a Naturalized Thai?

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There simply isn’t enough foreigners willing to work for peanut salaries who have the necessary degrees to get work permits.

Is it really better for Thai kids to be taught by Thai English teachers who literally can’t speak English (I’ve witnessed this in my good private school in bang Rak) or by some American who maybe has lots of life experience but no paper degree? 
 

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

Those in the raiding party told Chiang Mai News that this was the start of a crackdown on tourists illegally working as teachers in the city. 

How about equally cracking down on the schools employing them illegally by closing them and setting a president!

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45 minutes ago, happysanook said:

This. They can't even get the basics down surrounding the story, let alone the nuances.

 

And hilarious none of the schools who are actually promoting and encouraging the illegal working are rarely fined or otherwise disciplined.

I am not 100% sure, but doesn't the 2 times per year visa run thing only apply to border crossings by land and sea? So you could take a cheap short flight to a neighbouring country, then come back? I forgot whehter you could do only so many per year/6 months, so like I said... not sure.

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I wonder how many of these know-it-all holier-than-thou teachers that have appeared today have a teachers license? and if so, what effect do these bottom feeders at language centers (This is what Immigration are targeting here, cram schools and language Centers where a degree is not needed) have on their position, surely once they have their post grad teaching qualification they can work anywhere for their 30K. Ahhhh .. you have a license waiver .. right ..


As mentioned over a couple of posts - you can teach on a non-O - you can get a work permit by showing your qualifications, you don’t need a degree to teach or get a work permit from the Labour office, you need it for an extension of stay.

 

The issue is the Thai system, it doesn’t pay enough to attract real teachers, the language school owners are so desperate to get teachers because parents won’t pay enough, they put more emphasis on a new pickup truck outside the house rather than pay for a decent teacher to educate their kids. 

 

I hope the Immigration service are happy with themselves, one 50 year old woman whose language centre was too lazy to apply for a WP for her .. great job.

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

She had been reported as creating annoyance among traders and businesspeople elsewhere in the city. 

Reap what you sow, lady. If you had just done your job and led a orderly life, this may not have happened to you. 

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