GLOBAL OPPURTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS IN INDIA

The focus of Indian immigration has shifted in recent times from Indian techies and entrepreneurs to teachers who have joined the gallery of India's 'global citizens'. The dearth of educators in UK and US are helping to create a growing global market for teachers. In Britain there are as many as 7000 vacancies according to government officials and the National Union of Teachers predicts the figure to go up to as many as 40. 000. Also, the salaries for teachers in UK are the biggest draw. An Indian teacher in Britain will start at £17,000 a year with a potential to draw as much as £27.000 once he or she has qualified in the UK, and or worked for a number of years. Talking to PTI about the sudden spurt in demand for Indian teachers, K Pandian Rajan, managing director, Mafoi, a leading recruitment agency in the country says, "in both these countries, teachers are poorly paid compared to other professionals. The local population is reluctant to join the profession hence the schools have started hiring teachers from India". Typically, the school boards contact recruitment agencies which in turn advertise the vacancies in India for qualified candidates. After the applicants are vetted, school officials either come to India or interview potential candidates over phone. or in some cases through video-conferencing, before employing them. The research paper highlights the broad outlook of global opportunities that the teachers in India can get in working overseas with migration or without migration.