BEIJING, SHANGHAI SET TO PUT TEACHERS TO THE TEST
Teacher's day was a little less festive in beijing and shanghai yesterday as teachers digested the news that the cities would be the country's first to scrap lifelong tenure in favour of regular Performance reviews.
Education authorities in both cities disclosed the plans over the weekend just as teachers were preparing for the national holiday celebrating their contribution to society.
Shanghai told china daily that, starting this school year, primary and middle-school teachers would have to pass exams every five years to keep their certification.
Wu Wu(吳武),The human resources chief for the Beijing municipal commission of education, told the Beijing news that the capital was to comply with a ministry of education directive on improving teacher quality.
Education authorities are enacting the requirements to combat what they see as teachers' declining standards and morality.
The Teachers' Day holiday itself has become a source of concern, as parents often feel obliged to lavish teachers with expensive gifts in case their children get singled out for unfair treatment.
Professor Chu Zhaohui(儲朝輝) of the National Institute of Education Sciences said that while mainlanders increasingly subscribe to a market-oriented economy in which people must compete for jobs, teacher recruitment remains a remnant of the planned economy, promising an "iron rice bowl" regardless of performance.
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