Schools throughout Thailand have been sent a document similar to the one attached to this post, that outlines the new 10K/mo English Program. Based on their size, schools are allocated a new budget of 10K baht per month per English Teacher/Lecturer that is hired for the program.

It seems like the MoE is giving school guidelines for the hiring and budgeting for new instructors hired for this program;

However, I don't see anywhere in this document where there is mention or guidelines pertaining to obtaining visas and work permits for these "newly hired", native speaking English Teachers / Lecturers.

There has been a separate thread in the Teaching Forum regarding this program, but nobody really knows the Ministry of Education's position on legally hiring these new teachers.

This program looks like it is shaping up to hire many hundreds of new foreign teacher who will be illegally working in Thailand.

Does anyone in this forum know anything about possible visa / work permit exemptions -- or -- visa / guideline for this new program?

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It is to help pay for the salary of the teacher, not the whole salary.

Of course a teacher would still need to qualify for a workpermit and be subject to immigration controls or one would be working illegally. But indeed, the requirements to be elligible for the 10K a month remain vague.