South Korea: Zero selection of Chinese teachers: 2022 public junior high and high schools

South Korea: Zero selection of Chinese teachers: 2022 public junior high and high schools

2021/09/20

Korean Chinese Teacher Selection:

Among the 2022 public secondary teachers (junior high and high school teachers)
The number of Chinese teachers selected in the announcement of the selection schedule is
It turned out to be zero.

No selection of Chinese teachers:

Since the selection of Chinese teachers began in 1997

This is the first time that South Korea has not hired any Chinese teacher.

In 2020, 43 people were hired.
In 2021, 33 people were hired.

Reasons why South Korea does not adopt:

We are not hiring new Chinese teachers because the popularity of Chinese is declining at school.

In addition to being an elective course
In a situation where I was burdened with difficult Chinese,
This is because anti-Chinese feelings overlapped.

Chinese popularity decline:

The popularity of Chinese has declined rapidly in the last few years.

Since the 2016 THAAD issue, tourists have ceased from China.
Students and services who were aiming to become tourist guides were the first to leave learning Chinese.

afterwards,

Fine particulate matter such as PM2.5 in China,
With anti-Chinese sentiment, such as the dispute over the sovereign nation of Kimchi
The demand for learning Chinese has decreased significantly.

China and South Korea:

Since 2013, China has been South Korea’s largest trading partner.

South Korean export value
Exports to China account for 25.8% of the total export value of South Korea.

China’s export value
In China, South Korea has been the “fourth largest exporter” since 1999.

South Korea’s competitiveness:

Just because I hate China
If you don’t learn Chinese
South Korea’s competitiveness is only declining.The training of Chinese human resources should be further encouraged to ensure South Korea’s competitiveness.

Chosun Online | Chosun Ilbo

http://www.chosunonline.com/m/svc/article.html?contid=2021091680136

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