Illegally hired teachers in Oita to be dismissed

Wednesday 16th July, 03:52 PM JST

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serindipity at 04:00 PM JST - 16th July

This whole scandal is so lame. The students are the ones who will suffer in the end.
ninjaboy at 05:39 PM JST - 16th July

Yes, the students are indeed the ones who will suffer. I think this could be the first of many similar stories to come. Why doesn't Japan start hiring better qualified/experienced teachers from abroad? Relying less on (say, for example) the vast pool of Engrish teachers by hiring highly skilled and better qualified English teachers instead is one example. Just think what teachers of other subjects could do for education in Japan!
TheManiac at 08:02 PM JST - 16th July

Teachers should be fired and names posted.
KyouNoNippon at 11:41 PM JST - 16th July

Good riddance. I am glad that the people will have the choice to take the jobs. I had read that they had lost the past test evaluations but maybe someone who tweaked the results remembered who had passed an spilled it.

I wonder if other teachers who had utilized the same methods to obtain employment are shaking in their boots now.
KyouNoNippon at 11:41 PM JST - 16th July

other past teachers that is
amannin1 at 12:47 AM JST - 17th July

Is the teacher's exam in Japan harder/easier than in the US? I'm surprised so many people would be willing to cheat/alter their tests--you would think that if they really wanted to be teachers, that is, actually cared about teaching, they would study well enough to pass the exam(s).
Molenir at 07:09 AM JST - 17th July

Pretty hard to disagree with this, or what people are saying. If you want to be a teacher bad enough to cheat, why not study a little more instead.
thepro at 08:43 AM JST - 17th July

Study? Hah! There are dramas to watch and shopping to do
moonbeams at 11:22 AM JST - 17th July

amannin1,

The teacher's exam is incredibly difficult. Not only do you have to know your own subject, but you must also be fluent in other subjects. For instance, if you want to be an English teacher, you have to get high marks in mathematics, history, and swimming!
amannin1 at 02:25 PM JST - 17th July

with the exception of the swimming part (or any kind of physical activity for that matter) sounds pretty similar to the US -- I recall my sister studying/reviewing for weeks prior to the exams and then studying every waking second in-between.
GG2141 at 03:29 PM JST - 17th July

Glad they are going to can 'em. Kinda sad as I'm sure a few of them were probably unaware of the extent of the family pull that got them the job.

Regardless, Boo-frikity-hoo.

One of the schools involved had not told their students so as to not "disrupt their studies". Ha!! like kids at school don't gossip.
bamboohat at 09:22 PM JST - 17th July

I took a teachers exam in California a few years back (one of many offered). They tested math, social studies, essay writing among other topics. It was very very easy. I didn't study. At all.

Some friends from university went on to become teachers, some getting the normal credential, others getting their masters and a credential. They ALL said becoming a teacher was extremely easy.

I honestly cannot fathom how somebody would feel a need to cheat on those tests to become a teacher.

Maybe Japan is a lot tougher, but somehow I doubt it.