The local government will start playing hardball with foreigners working as teachers from New Year all 105 of them. We ,at Personal Thailand, thinks the government should crack down on all the children not attending a proper school all 100 0000 of them in Thailand.
Following items need to fixed before you can enjoy the easy life of a teacher in Phuket from now and to the crack down is over, ohh lets say the 5 of January 2007.
The name on the degree and the name in the passport must be the same.
Teachers from countries where English is not an official language must present evidence of English-language fluency, in the form of standardized test. Is Scottish or Irish an English language?
You might also need a visa to actually be in Thailand as well.
The lucky teachers that already teaching will not need to prove anything to anybody.
The schools have already started to complain to the government because the agency that should approve the teachers can not handle all the applications and the children have no teachers.
The crackdown is likely to affect Bangkok, Chiang Mai besides Phuket the most, as these are the provinces with the greatest concentrations of foreign teachers.
