Japan: Foreign teachers still waiting for jobs

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


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.



Full story:

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



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