An online debate has erupted on Chinese social media surrounding a primary school teacher in southern China who was initially fired for using physical punishment on more than 10 students but later received support from dozens of parents who advocated for her to stay on. The incident took place at a primary school in Dongguan, Guangdong province, where a...

·A South African teacher in China has caused a stir on social media for her high-paying job and her curvy figure ·TikTok user @phumzile_gamede was reportedly hired for a salary of R100K (about 40k RMB) to teach English in the Asian country ·The video amused netizens and showed how brave the educator was to embark on a new venture in a different cou...

They’ve reached out to the media.They’ve written letters to their legislators.They’ve created a nationwide petition and now the friends of Marc Fogel have organized a national rally in Washington, D. C. — set for July 15 – to gain support for his release.“I don’t know what else we can do at this point,” said Dennis Fogel of Shelby Township, the cousin of the...

Hong Kong parents who want to enrol their children in English Schools Foundation (ESF) will be allowed to choose any of its 22 institutions from August after the group announced plans to drop the current residence-based place allocation policy.While the city’s largest international school group said the change was to give parents more choices, an education c...

Teaching English in China? Here are the nine biggest mistakes you don’t want to make – before you leave for China and while you’re there.BEFORE YOU GO TO CHINA1. Not doing your researchIf there’s just one thing you do before leaving your own country for China, it’s this: do your research.This doesn’t have to be daunting or time consuming. Just be clear about...

A teacher in China has come up with a novel – and many say extreme –method of making sure her students do not bring their mobile phones to school.The middle school teacher in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou makes students submerge their communication devices in a basin of water.Shock has been expressed on social media after a video of ...

A kindergarten teacher from Wuhan reportedly resigned from her school job after she earned 10 years’ worth of her annual salary from a single livestream.Prior to filming the livestream, the teacher, only identified by her surname Huang, went viral on Douyin. Her videos on the online platform, which typically show her teaching nursery rhymes, have amasse...

Spain's supreme court has upheld the 135-year prison sentence handed to a British teacher and nanny who created and distributed pornography featuring children in his care after changing his name following previous convictions.Ben David Rose legally changed his identity after his conviction on child pornography charges in Britain, meaning that he did not ...