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170 鈥榮urplus鈥 teachers get new careers in security

MORE than 170 teachers in Shayang, central China鈥檚 Hubei Province, have been deemed surplus to requirements due to a lack of pupils and been given alternative jobs as security guards, local media reported yesterday.

The job swaps were implemented at more than 100 schools and kindergartens across the county, according to a report by the Chutian Jinbao newspaper.

Despite the teachers鈥 many years of experience, they are now 鈥渟urplus鈥 to the county鈥檚 needs due to a decline in the number of school-age children, the Shayang Education Bureau was cited as saying.

Reemploying them as security guards serves a dual purpose, as the teachers are already familiar with the school grounds and aware of potential hazards, it said.

For Chen Dong, a 53-year-old history teacher-turned-security guard at Shayang Vocational Education Center, the change in status has been hard to accept.

鈥淚 have been a teacher for more than 30 years, but now I have nowhere to teach. It鈥檚 humiliating,鈥 he said.

Despite the education bureau鈥檚 assertion that the move is only temporary and that teachers will regain their jobs once pupil numbers rise, Chen remained unconvinced.

鈥淚n June, I was a history teacher, but by the time the summer holidays were over, so too was my career,鈥 he said.


 

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