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Is it necessary to raise the bar for foreign English teachers?

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-07-15 14:25

beijingyank (US)

There is a shortfall of over 100,000 foreign teachers in China now. As a foreign teacher, diploma, qualified, licensed, experienced, background checked, and who passed all the medical exams, I really don't mind the bar being raised.

It is simple matter of supply and demand. Raising the bar for foreign teachers will increase the foreign teacher shortfall. Meanwhile, increasing demand translates into higher pay for the "left behind" foreign teachers in China.

Is it necessary to raise the bar for foreign English teachers?

Two foreign teachers English at a suburban school in Guilin, Guangxi province, on August 3, 2011.[Photo/IC]

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