@Tonyaod - Thanks for that marvellous response. I am cutting and pasting it to send to the new school.
I can't have them call the FEB in my presence unfortunately as they are Sichuan based (perhaps that's the issue) but yes it does seem a little strange to need a document to say one computer record has just changed a field on their database!
Again, many thanks for all the help from Dazzer, Yuantongsi and Tonyaod
@Dazzer
What's an FES? Is it the same as an FEC? Elsewhere on the web it says you must have an FEC to teach anywhere, as is necessary for any school, public or private, to sponsor you for a visa.
@Yuantongsi
I'm not moving province or anything, but the new school seem adamant that without this cancellation the wheels within Chinese bureaucratic wheels stop turning!
Thanks to both of you.
I am moving schools within Kunming, although the head office of my new school is in another province. My new school asked for confirmation of cancellation of my FEC, so they could apply for a new one as part of my Z visa transfer. My old school didn't include this with the leaving documnts they gave me and said they have never heard of such a thing in Yunnan, and it's all getting a bit close to the wire timewise.
Is the new school asking for unnecessary documentation? Do Yunnan schools not need this document when transferring Foreign teachers? Or was my old school just unaware of the requirement?
Any information at all would be enlightening!
Thanks in advance.
Ocean said it all.
Since when does unqualified = untrustworthy? I know people without letters after their names who are excellent teachers, and others with diplomas of rare distinction who I wouldn't trust with a goldfish.
I work with many fine teachers, some whom have had little formal teaching experience or qualification but are excellent in the classroom. In my two years here I haven't come across any reported incidences of unprofessional or inappropriate conduct from any teachers, and knowing the attitudes of the parents, I'm sure there would be short shrift given and immediate action taken to any such behaviour ...and before you ask, Phillip, I am a fully qualified primary teacher from the UK.
Toodle, Pip.
@mPrin
Two reasons - a) To use a football analogy, it's nice to be courted and valued by a glamourous'big city club' and b) money (although that is much the weaker of the two reasons).
As I said, I haven't made my mind up yet, but regardless, as an unashamed city boy, the charms of beautiful Yunnan are a bit wasted on me! I love to see neon lights and pretty women walking down the street. Mountains and trees don't do much for the speed of the beat of my heart. Sad but true!
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