Govt to be stricter over work permits for foreign teachers

Bangkok Post
18 FEB 2021

According to the Department of Employment, there are 6,129 foreign teachers working in 922 public and private schools in the country. The figures show 2,667 people are from the Philippines, 558 from the UK, 465 from the US, 237 from China and 160 from South Africa. The rest of them are from other countries.

One academic institution was found guilty of hiring foreign teachers who did not have a work permit or allowing foreigners to take jobs they are not allowed to do.

Twenty academic institutions faced charges of failing to inform the registrar of the names, nationalities and the work performed by foreign teachers within 15 days of their first day of employment, according to the Employment Registration and Job Seeker Protection Division.

Foreign teachers without work permits will be subjected to fines ranging from 5,000-50,000 baht and will be deported, director-general of the department Suchat Pornchaiwiseskul said.

Schools or academic institutions hiring illegal foreign teachers will be fined 10,000-100,000 baht for each illegal foreign teacher and could face jail terms.

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Of course, a public that can voice its grievances to the outside world is the last thing the Thai elite want.