Time up for substitute teachers

GUANGZHOU: Substitute teachers will have a mixed future in Guangdong, the provincial Party secretary said here on Wednesday.

In a meeting with local educators and officials, Wang Yang said the time was ripe to rid the province of such transitional posts for the benefit of both students and the teachers themselves.

He gave education authorities in all cities three alternatives: one, promote existing substitutes to full teaching posts and provide them with proper training and decent salaries; two, offer substitutes non-teaching positions; and three, fire them.