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GLOBAL OPPURTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS IN INDIA
Authors: Hemantkumar. D. Chitte
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The focus of Indian immigration has shifted in recent times from Indian techies and entrepreneurs to
teachers who have joined the gallery of India's 'global citizens'. The dearth of educators in UK
and US are helping to create a growing global market for teachers. In Britain there are as many
as 7000 vacancies according to government officials and the National Union of Teachers predicts the
figure to go up to as many as 40. 000. Also, the salaries for teachers in UK are the biggest draw.
An Indian teacher in Britain will start at £17,000 a year with a potential to draw as much as £27.000
once he or she has qualified in the UK, and or worked for a number of years. Talking to PTI about
the sudden spurt in demand for Indian teachers, K Pandian Rajan, managing director, Mafoi, a
leading recruitment agency in the country says, "in both these countries, teachers are poorly paid
compared to other professionals. The local population is reluctant to join the profession hence the
schools have started hiring teachers from India". Typically, the school boards contact recruitment
agencies which in turn advertise the vacancies in India for qualified candidates. After the
applicants are vetted, school officials either come to India or interview potential candidates over
phone. or in some cases through video-conferencing, before employing them. The research paper
highlights the broad outlook of global opportunities that the teachers in India can get in working
overseas with migration or without migration.