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AUSTRALIA: uses smartphone technology to Union, told the Times Colonist. teaching platform, 51talk, is
Sydney College of English (SCE), register all entries into a building, “However, they understand the looking to hire 30,000 Filipinos by
a founding member of the English was first introduced in bars and reality that the international the end of 2020, according to Jack
Australia association, has closed restaurants after a recent Covid- students have disappeared,” he Huang, founder and chief
down “due to the impact of global 19 outbreak in the capital’s MIA STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK added. executive of the Beijing-based
Covid-19” according to a notice Itaewon district. British Columbia has been hit company.
on the school’s website. Hagwons will be free to choose particular badly, with two The company already has
“As of Monday 1st June, all to operate the registration system, Vancouver language schools, 20,000 online teachers in the
current students were transferred a government spokesperson told Inlingua and Global Village, both country, according to the Embassy
to IH Sydney where they will the Korea Herald. Korean schools face health closing in May. Global village statement.
continue in the same course of perspective The Ministry is reported to be inspections schools in Calgary and Victoria, “The Philippines is one of the
study,” the notice states, though planning to incentivise hagwons to ....................................... which are under separate best English-speaking countries in
staff were available to assist until adopt the system by offering ownership, are continuing to Asia,” Huang is quoted as saying.
the end of June, 2020. exemptions to regular inspection CANADA: trade. “Filipino Teachers have standard
One SCE teacher told the Gazette news editor-in-chief Melanie Butler’s by the education authorities. Thirty-two teachers have lost Jo-Anne Clarke, dean of the American accents”, he added,
Russian website SBS that she says It is unclear if schools will be their jobs at the English language division of continuing studies, claiming that 51talk teachers
she was proud to have been part selection of ELT news from exempt from the “special centre of the University of which includes the language could expect to earn up to 60,000
of “one of the oldest and the most inspection” system introduced Victoria, as the number of centre, told the Times Colonist pesos (US$1200) per month.
respected English colleges in around the world following the discovery that a students enrolled in language that she realised “these are The top English-speaking
Australia.” hagwon teacher in the city of programmes in one of Canada’s difficult times for our instructors, country in Asia, based on
Although SCE is the only Incheon had passed on the oldest language schools dries up. many of whom are long-time international exam results, is
Australian school closure to hit one of 29 coronavirus cases Boston, and Stafford House Just over half of respondents coronavirus to students and The centre, which was employees.” Singapore, with Malaysia and the
the headlines, Union identified during mass checks by language schools in the UK and felt their school had been poor in colleagues. Hagwons that fail established in 1970, only enrols Clarke said she hoped staff Philippines vying for second place.
representative Kendall Warren public health officials. Another Canada remain open. communicating over Covid-19 health inspections face English language students, and is could be rehired when new Only the Philippines, however,
told SBS Russian that “two or teacher from nearby Echinos, developments. Teachers reported “administrative action.” the latest language school in courses come online and students uses American English.
three” Sydney language schools epicentre of the coronavirus cluster being laid off with a week’s notice Korea’s policy of mass testing British Columbia to be hit by the register for those courses. Singapore’s teachers, however,
had closed in May. in this remote region, has also or being made redundant and and contact tracing has kept its drop in student numbers caused ....................................... earn around US$50,000 a year,
Meanwhile in New Zealand, tested positive. Echinos has been then having their notice Covid-19 death toll relatively low. by the pandemic. and so mainland Chinese
two school groups have also locked down after four Covid-19- withdrawn and being furloughed. While it closed state schools with Teachers are taking it pretty PHILIPPINES: language schools are reluctant to
closed language centres. ICL has related deaths in one week. BRIGHT SCHOLAR EDUCATION Others had received no word at the coronavirus lockdown, Korea hard,” Greg Melnechuk, a teacher Tens of thousands more Filipinos use them. “Their English is very
closed a small school in Napier, Greece re-opened its schools at all from management since the allowed private English at the English Language Centre, are needed to teach English good,” one Chinese recruiter told
while CCEL has closed its the end of May after a successful pandemic began. kindergartens and hagwons to and president of University of online, according to the Chinese us, “but they don’t speak good
Auckland campus. lockdown saw only 187 deaths One said, “just no students, so remain open. Victoria Educational Workers’ Embassy in Manila. One single Mandarin.”
from the virus in the entire Children at Bright Scholar’s no work for me,” another was
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