Three thousand foreign teachers waiting to return to Thailand - 165 Filipinos arrived at weekend

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that 3,000 foreign teachers from many countries have submitted requests to come to Thailand to teach at private schools.

 

Secretary of the Office of Private Education Commission Akkaraphon Treuktrong said the teachers would be at international and other schools throughout the country. 

 

All will have to undergo health checks in their country of origin before they are cleared to fly and they will then undergo a 14 day quarantine in Thailand for which they have to pay themselves. 

 

There will be no exceptions and anyone who does not pass the stringent tests and regulations will be barred. 

 

Meanwhile foreign teachers have already started arriving. The media said that 165 Filipino teachers arrived on a Philippines Air Asia flight at the weekend.

 

They have been quarantined at Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) facilities in Bangkok and surrounding areas before they can go to their schools.

 

They were among a continuing number of Thai returnees and foreigners who were allowed to enter the kingdom through Don Muang and Suvanabhumi airports in recent days.

 

One flight - KL875 - had 109 foreigners on board. They were from Brazil, Australia and a host of European countries. 

 

The foreigners are mostly embassy personnel, businessmen with a base in Thailand and people seeking medical attention. All must quarantine. 

 

In a wide ranging report on the latest Covid-19 news Thai Rath said that the USA had named Thailand as a low risk country for the infection.

 

Three people tested positive for coronavirus including one from Indonesia and two students from Saudi Arabia.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

 

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I guess the Covid insurance $100,000 requirement has gone with all the other crazy schemes.???
 

3 minutes ago, Cali farong said:

I guess the Covid insurance $100,000 requirement has gone with all the other crazy schemes.???
 

No, it hasn't.

Can't see any of those teachers affording the $100k insurance, period testing and paying for their quarantines as teachers usually not that flush with cash to say the least...

So how did these 165 Filipino teachers get approved?.....And why are 3,000 farang teachers waiting?.......I would speculate most Filipino teachers would be less able to jump through all the hoops and pay the money compared to most farang teachers...

 

Unless

 

Some one plans to pay the Filipino teachers less and does not mind footing the bill...

Well if 165 Filipinos can manage it, anyone can. 

20 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

So how did these 165 Filipino teachers get approved?.....And why are 3,000 farang teachers waiting?.......I would speculate most Filipino teachers would be less able to jump through all the hoops and pay the money compared to most farang teachers...

 

Unless

 

Some one plans to pay the Filipino teachers less and does not mind footing the bill...

Bingo!  The prize for you is to be first in line for a shot of the Wuhan China plague virus miracle cure.  ????

4 hours ago, redwood1 said:

So how did these 165 Filipino teachers get approved?.....And why are 3,000 farang teachers waiting?.......I would speculate most Filipino teachers would be less able to jump through all the hoops and pay the money compared to most farang teachers...

 

Unless

 

Some one plans to pay the Filipino teachers less and does not mind footing the bill...

Speculations are just that, speculations.

 

my guess is you are just <deleted> off bc The Farang has to wait while The Asian Filipino teacher can come in.

 

Sorry, just bc somebody is a white farang it doesnt mean  they are entitled to special treatment. It sucks and is highly  unfair, i know...

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

Can't see any of those teachers affording the $100k insurance, period testing and paying for their quarantines as teachers usually not that flush with cash to say the least...

apparently you are wrong. The Filipino teachers are here and just followed all the rules equal to farang. 

Maybe they are just more smarter and on top of the game? 

There will be no exceptions and anyone who does not pass the stringent tests and regulations will be barred.

 

Unless a wad tempting enough is under the table ????

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

Can't see any of those teachers affording the $100k insurance, period testing and paying for their quarantines as teachers usually not that flush with cash to say the least...

Teachers at private schools earn a pretty good salary actually. And 100k insurance is a joke. That's hardly an insurance at all. Any westerner should know that.

4 hours ago, redwood1 said:

And why are 3,000 farang teachers waiting?....

Because of the high cost and number of hoops.

13 minutes ago, herwin1234 said:

apparently you are wrong. The Filipino teachers are here and just followed all the rules equal to farang. 

Maybe they are just more smarter and on top of the game? 

Or maybe an agent financed the procedures in exchange for an extortionate amount of their monthly paychecks.

24 minutes ago, herwin1234 said:

Speculations are just that, speculations.

 

my guess is you are just <deleted> off bc The Farang has to wait while The Asian Filipino teacher can come in.

 

Sorry, just bc somebody is a white farang it doesnt mean  they are entitled to special treatment. It sucks and is highly  unfair, i know...

 

Feel better now?

5 minutes ago, twocatsmac said:

Or maybe an agent financed the procedures in exchange for an extortionate amount of their monthly paychecks.

That is most likely what happened. All completed by an agent on their behalf.

I would have thought that the only farang teachers coming are for high salary international schools, I can't imagine any going to that expense and hoop jumping for a 35k gov. school job... No doubt some sort of deal over the quarantine hotel,(read camping in a football stadium) for the Filipinos who will, I'm sure be most of the numbers...  

My guess is someone arranged it; probably a few kickbacks here and there; at the end of the day Filipinos are pretty cheap and a lot more compliant. I would agree your average Filipino teacher is more intelligent than your average Farang teacher; who, with any intelligence, is gonna take a teaching job in Thailand if he has other options available; but, it has to be said, their language skills often suck.

Ok so who is teaching now at the Thai EP and international schools at this time???

God USA and foreign teachers where CV IS ALIVE AND WELL?

im passing on sending my kids there to those schools

15 minutes ago, AgentSmith said:

Teachers at private schools earn a pretty good salary actually. And 100k insurance is a joke. That's hardly an insurance at all. Any westerner should know that.

Have you ever been a teacher in Thailand? Because, if you had you would know as a rule Philippine teachers are paid 50% less than actual native English speaking teachers. Actual qualified western teachers are still only paid peanut compared to their home countries. Even the top paying jobs salaries are laughable but the attraction is life style or perception there of.

I really do not understand why nothing is done to the very racist remarks that are made on this forum by very bitter people. If you answer one of their racist comments you get bared. 

Tweet from Richard Barrow was saying they came from "the land of covid" this was in a Thai paper.

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

Can't see any of those teachers affording the $100k insurance, period testing and paying for their quarantines as teachers usually not that flush with cash to say the least...

Agree, and you forget to mention the price of the plane ticket in business class

basically the only places available for foreigners, since all the economy places

are ''reserved'' to thai people on the rare flights

55 minutes ago, herwin1234 said:

Speculations are just that, speculations.

 

my guess is you are just <deleted> off bc The Farang has to wait while The Asian Filipino teacher can come in.

 

Sorry, just bc somebody is a white farang it doesnt mean  they are entitled to special treatment. It sucks and is highly  unfair, i know...

3000 foreign teachers, not 3000 farang teachers. I hope you don't teach in LoS. 

'And 100k insurance is a joke. ' 

The $100,000 cover is very small BUT the hard part is it has to cover Covid19. I am in the Philippines now and an insurance agent in Manila could not find any company here that would do that. Presumably the cover had to apply for the whole year as well. 

26 minutes ago, zyphodb said:

I would have thought that the only farang teachers coming are for high salary international schools, I can't imagine any going to that expense and hoop jumping for a 35k gov. school job... No doubt some sort of deal over the quarantine hotel,(read camping in a football stadium) for the Filipinos who will, I'm sure be most of the numbers...  

I would assume most had applied and accepted positions here in Jan/Feb, and then got stuck when the borders closed. No, most would not be applying for government school jobs outside of the country. 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The media said that 165 Filipino teachers arrived on a Philippines Air Asia flight at the weekend.

My daughter often complains that she speaks better English than her Filipino teacher does.????

16 hours ago, AgentSmith said:

Teachers at private schools earn a pretty good salary actually. And 100k insurance is a joke. That's hardly an insurance at all. Any westerner should know that.

 

AFAIK, the COVID insurance requirement is $100,000 USD equivalent... not 100,000 baht.

 

1 hour ago, herwin1234 said:

apparently you are wrong. The Filipino teachers are here and just followed all the rules equal to farang. 

Maybe they are just more smarter and on top of the game? 

The Philippines is an ASEAN country, I think their nationals would get preferential treatment over farangs because of this:

The ASEAN Economic Community is coming in 2015. Within the blueprint for the AEC, there is an article called “Free Flow of Labor.” The purpose of this article is to eliminate the barriers of skilled professional workers being employed within the countries of ASEAN. Through a series of negotiations for liberalization over several years, ASEAN nations are to come to an agreement for the recognition of professional qualifications in multiple occupations. Recognition of the professional qualifications means that citizens of ASEAN countries can be employed in each member countries without an employment visa.

What do filipino teachers teach in Thailand? Thanks 

5 hours ago, rott said:

Well if 165 Filipinos can manage it, anyone can. 

maybe special ASIAN conditions apply ?