Chinanews.com, July 21. According to the website of the Ministry of Education, in order to improve the legal system for the management of foreign teachers and strengthen the management of foreign teachers, the Ministry of Education, in conjunction with the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, formulated the "Measures for the Appointment and Management of Foreign Teachers (Draft for Comment) )" (hereinafter referred to as "Draft Opinions"), soliciting opinions from the public. The "Draft Opinions" requires that for foreign teachers who have violated public security management such as drug abuse, sexual assault, and abuse of minors, educational institutions should be dismissed and reported to the competent education administrative department for credit records.
The "Draft of Opinions" clarified that foreign teachers refer to foreigners who are hired by educational institutions, have obtained work permits and work-type residence permits for foreigners, and are engaged in education and teaching in China. Educational institutions refer to schools and kindergartens at all levels and types of schools and kindergartens, self-examination aid institutions, and off-campus training institutions established according to law to implement academic education.
The "Draft Opinions" requires that foreign teachers should abide by Chinese laws and regulations, abide by Chinese public order and good customs and teacher professional ethics, and abide by the principle of separation of education from religion. The educational and teaching activities and content implemented should comply with China's education policies and basic teaching requirements , And must not harm China’s national sovereignty, security, honor, and public interests.
The "Draft of Opinions" proposes that foreign teachers should have the necessary educational qualifications and teaching skills to engage in educational work. Among them, those who work as teachers in disciplines (including foreign language and literature majors) in schools of all levels and types should have a bachelor's degree or higher and more than 2 years of education and teaching work experience in related disciplines of relevant educational institutions or work experience in related fields; serving as a foreign language training teacher Those who have a bachelor’s degree or above, have received corresponding special training in language teaching, have obtained corresponding language training qualifications and are generally engaged in native language teaching in the native country; if the relevant courses are taught in Chinese, the Putonghua level should reach Level 3 of the "Putonghua Proficiency Test Level Standard" Level B and above standards or pass the Chinese proficiency test to obtain the corresponding level certificate.
Foreign personnel who have obtained a doctorate degree, or have obtained a teacher qualification certificate from the country of nationality, or have a bachelor degree or higher in teacher education, may be exempted from the corresponding educational work experience requirements.
The "Draft Opinions" clarified that foreign teachers should be physically and mentally healthy, behave well, have no criminal record, no history of infectious diseases and mental disorders, no sexual harassment, injecting drugs, long-term use of dependent psychotropic drugs and other behaviors that may be safe and safe for students. Diseases and behaviors that affect physical and mental health.
The "Draft of Opinions" requires that within five working days after the foreign teacher receives the work permit and residence permit in China, the first page of the contract, the page indicating the employment period and the signature page of both parties, the foreign teacher's work permit and residence permit in China The copy or electronic text of the permit and other materials are uploaded to the national foreign teacher comprehensive information service platform, and the foreign teacher record number is generated by the service platform.
The "Draft Opinions" proposes that educational institutions should improve the assessment system, strengthen the regulation and supervision of foreign teachers' ethics and style, and comprehensively assess the performance of foreign teachers. If the teaching objects of foreign teachers are minors, the appointing agency shall perform its legal duty to protect minors and take appropriate measures to ensure the personal safety and physical and mental health of minors.
The "Opinion Draft" requires the establishment of a credit record system for foreign teachers. During the period of employment, foreign teachers abide by Chinese laws and contractual agreements, and the quality of education and teaching is high, and the teachers’ ethics and ethics are good. Educational institutions should reflect this in the assessment, report to the competent education administrative department, and include it in the national foreign teacher comprehensive information service platform for record . For foreign teachers who have been commended by the government and relevant departments and have good credit records, the administrative department of science and technology and the entry-exit management agency of the public security organ provide convenience in obtaining permits and handling relevant procedures.
The "Draft Opinions" clarified that if a foreign teacher violates the contract and has one of the following circumstances, the educational institution shall report to the competent education administrative department after handling it. Upon verification by the education administration department, it is included in the credit record:
(1) Serious academic misconduct;
(2) Engaging in paid work in violation of regulations outside the appointed educational institution;
(3) Dismissed in violation of the rules and regulations of the employment agency;
(4) Resign without authorization after the term of appointment has not expired.
If a foreign teacher has any of the following circumstances, the educational institution shall dismiss it and report it to the competent education administrative department and record it in its credit record:
(1) Words and deeds that damage China's national sovereignty, security, honor, and public interests;
(2) Being held criminally responsible;
(3) Obstructing the implementation of the education policy;
(4) Violating public security management such as taking drugs;
(5) Sexual assault or abuse of minors;
(6) Engaging in religious education or preaching illegally;
(7) Engaging in cult activities;
(8) Sexual harassment of students or other serious violations of China's public order and customs, teachers' professional ethics and codes of conduct;
(9) Providing false certification information in the process of applying to teach in China;
(10) The total number of untrustworthy records specified in Article 30 of these Measures exceeds 3.
Educational institutions shall not hire foreign personnel with the conditions mentioned in the preceding paragraph as foreign teachers.
The "Draft Opinions" emphasizes that educational institutions and other social organizations that illegally hire foreign personnel without permission and filing for teaching, or organize and hire foreign personnel to illegally engage in educational and teaching activities, shall be subject to the public security organs of the local people's government at or above the county level and their entry and exit The management agency shall impose penalties in accordance with the law. Constitute a crime, be held criminally responsible.
In the process of applying for work permits and residence permits for foreign teachers to come to China, forgery or alteration of documents and certification materials shall be punished by the public security organs of the local people's governments at or above the county level and their entry-exit management agencies in accordance with the law.