Teachers to Be Registered Every Five Years on a Trial Basis
Shandong Provincial Education Department held the press conference for Reform of Teachers' Qualification Examination and Recognition, September 11th. It is learnt that nearly one million teachers in Shandong Province are involved in the reform. The reform is going to be piloted in Qingdao, Laiwu and Linyi this year, 11 other cities including Jinan will also try out the new policy in 2014.
Teachers' Qualification Register conducts regular verification to the teachers, teaching staffs who are incompetent or don't register on schedule can't continue teaching work any longer. The verification concludes 3 main aspects, including teacher's occupational morality, annual assessment and further education condition. Related official with Shandong Provincial Education Department said that the verification of teacher's occupational morality is quite strict. As long as the teacher was found problem in morality, he/she will absolutely fail the verification.
Related official with Shandong Provincial Education Department said that there would be no exams for the Teachers' Qualification Register, the procedure should be controlled to be most simple, teachers and schools are not required for any payment for it.