Teachers have been lost under the tide of immigration. Some schools are approaching tomorrow (September 1) and are still posting job advertisements.
In addition to the fact that St. Anthony's College has marked "urgent recruitment" for Chinese degree teachers today and will be ready to go to work tomorrow, after checking the recruitment website, many schools still advertised teachers today (31st), including substitute teachers, contract teachers and even regular teachers. For example, Peiqiao Middle School, National School, Cotton Spinning Association Middle School, Sheng Kung Hui St. Simon Lu Mingcai Middle School, etc.
Huang Jianhao, chairman of the Hong Kong Education Workers Union, mentioned that English teachers have always been difficult to hire, because they have more choices, and they are more popular. He also quoted a principal who pointed to more than 10 application letters, and only one person showed up for an interview. He also pointed out that It is reported that more schools this year choose to hire teachers who have not been trained but who have passed the benchmark test.
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Looking at the job search website, Pei Kiu Middle School also advertised for English degree teachers today. In an interview with Hong Kong 01, Mu Jiajun, the vice-chairman of the Federation of Education Associations who teaches at the school, pointed out that teachers leave for different reasons, including immigration, promotion, etc. Or there are better jobs, etc., when there are vacancies, it will be advertised for recruitment.
He said that as far as he knew, the former English teacher of Pui Kiu Middle School was invited to teach by a post-secondary institution, so there was a vacancy, and the vacancy has now been filled.
Mu also said that with the current economic downturn, teachers are a relatively stable profession, so many people have already applied for degrees in education. I believe that there will be little pressure on manpower in the future. However, in recent years, schools have been "competing" for teachers more intensely, especially in English and home economics. , even if the teachers themselves are not majoring in English and have not taken the Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), they will still be hired after passing the benchmark test.
Huang Jianhao, chairman of the teaching union, said that English subjects are difficult to hire.
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Huang Jianhao, the chairman of the teaching union, said that it has always been difficult to hire people for the English department. Coupled with this year's immigration wave and the high rate of teacher turnover, the situation will be even more serious. Schools have different situations, but they can be resolved in the end.
He pointed out that people with good English are more popular in Hong Kong, so English teachers have more choices outside, "beginning to have the right to choose schools".
For example, he pointed out that more teachers who have passed the benchmark test without teacher training have entered the school this year. For example, there are two schools in which he teaches. In the past, teachers who have experience or have received relevant teacher training courses may be given priority. "But this year may be difficult. Please come, maybe many schools will hire this (untrained teacher).” Huang also said that some principals described the difficulty of hiring English teachers, saying that there were more than 10 cover letters, the school selected 15 people for interview, and 10 People responded that they had found jobs. Of the remaining 5 people, only 1 person showed up for the interview. It can be seen that the competition between schools is fierce.
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