Rurak teachers must stay for six years / 初任偏鄉教師 未來須滿6年才可轉調　　　　　　　　　　

The Ministry of Education is to require teachers who graduated on state-funding as well as teachers newly assigned to remote areas to work at the schools for at least 6 years before they can request a transfer. The decision is made in an attempt to solve teacher shortages and high turnover rates in remote areas. In remote areas, schools often face problems such as teacher shortages and high turnover rates, which has an impact on students' learning rights. Therefore, the Ministry of Education made the draft "The Development of Education in Remote Areas" hoping to improve this situation. ==LIN TENG-CHIAO, Deputy Minister of Education== New teachers from state-financed students, examinations held solely for the remote schools or joint exams have to work at the schools for 6 years before they can request a transfer among schools. The current system requires new teachers and state-financed students to work 3 and 4 years respectively, and 6 years for teachers on outlying islands to be able to request a transfer. The draft bill is to take effect from 2017 at the earliest once passed, which means every teacher has to work 6 years. Most substitute teachers in remote areas generally approve it. ==CHIU YI-PING, sub-teacher in Haiduan Elementary School== Six years is just fine. In fact, I think it should be longer. ==CHUNG YA-CHUN, sub-teacher in Haiduan Elementary School== Whether it's 6 years or not, I'm fine with it. Getting admitted to a school is a protection for us because we don't have to move from place to place every year. However, some principals think teachers' enthusiasm, environment adaptation and marriage status should all be put into consideration. ==WU WEN-TSE, Hua Shan Elementary School Principal, Yunlin County== Although remote areas are short of teachers, we need to think about the new teachers' enthusiasm. If they are not enthusiastic enough, then education in remote areas will not turn around. Opening up more vacancy for teachers in specific fields or full-time teachers will still attract candidates to apply, the principal said. The Ministry of Education said managing one third of the personnel budget can be of help if facing difficulty in hiring teachers in specific fields. Substitute teachers can be hired for two years and more. Subsidies for personnel budget in remote areas are to be planned in the future to facilitate and cultivate education there. TRANSLATED BY：BRYANT CHANG 在偏鄉地區學校，時常會面臨到師資不足、流動率偏高的困境，使得學生受教權也受到影響，教育部因此制定「偏遠地區學校教育發展條例草案」，希望改善這個現象。 ==教育部次長 林騰蛟== 公費生的一個分發 或者是為偏遠地區的這個學校 特別所單獨 或者是 聯合辦理的這種教甄 初任的專任教師 要實際服務6年之後 才能夠申請介聘 按照現行制度，初聘教師要綁3年，才可以申請介聘、公費生4年；離島地區都是綁6年約，而一旦草案通過，最快從106學年開始，一律綁約6年，消息一出，偏鄉地區的代理教師，普遍贊同。 ==台東縣海端國小代理教師 邱以苹== 六年的時間是剛好的 其實 我甚至會覺得說 它時間應該要更長點 ==台東縣海端國小代理教師 鍾雅君== 它要綁6年 幾年 其實對我來說 我都是ok的 因為其實 考上 對我們代理老師是一種保障 我們可以不用每年流浪 但也有校長認為，老師本身的工作熱忱、環境適應度，甚至是有沒有家庭，都必須列入考量。 ==雲林縣華山國小校長 吳文策== 雖然偏鄉很缺老師 可是 我們要考慮到的一點 就是說 現在的初任老師 他到學校去 是不是夠熱忱 如果不夠熱忱 偏鄉的教育 是沒有辦法真的翻轉 校長說明，增加專任員額、多開正式缺，通常還是會有人來考。教育部也表示，要是在甄選專任教師上有困難，可以管控1/3以下員額的人事經費，甄選代理教師，一聘兩年，還可以續聘。未來也將規劃補助偏鄉學校人事經費，希望有助於深耕偏鄉教育。 記者 綜合報導