Japan: Foreign teachers still waiting for jobs

[Francis Hult]

Herald Sun

 

Foreign teachers still waiting for jobs

 

AUSTRALIANS are among hundreds of foreign teachers who had been hoping for fresh jobs to start the new year but remain unemployed after a firm taking over part of the collapsed Nova language school chain stopped hiring.

 

Nova, whose schools were once ubiquitous across Japanese cities, filed for bankruptcy protection in October, leaving thousands of foreign teachers without income. 

 

Nagoya-based G.communication was selected by Nova's rehabilitation administrators to take over the running of some schools and had hired 1647 foreign teachers by today. 

But the company said it was also rejecting applications of some 600 foreign instructors from Nova. 

 

G.communication plans to open only 126 of the 600 schools originally operated by Nova throughout the nation, the company said.

 

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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22975092-31037,00.html
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