I read the article in Japan Times.
The Finance Ministry has recently proposed the bill to reduce annual salaries of teachers at school. Some people concerns about this proposal because the quality of education in Japan might decrease sharply although the ministry plan to use the budget to the students.
I feel like spending money to another aspect of education such as study abroad programs, cutting-edge facilities, and servicies. However, cutting teacher's salary is not appropriate way to improve Japanese education itself. As the article said, the satisfaction and status of teachers in Japan is already low caused by the environment and system. The best idea I suggest is not to reduce the salary of teachers, but to reduce the wastefully used money to the government. Many students in KUIS want to teach English in junior or high school in the near future. And one big reason is because teacher is a very stable job which is a public employee who can get an average salary without being influenced by economy. Therefore, reducing the salary means to reduce the number of people who want to be a teacher. The government should reconsider this point.
1 Do you agree with the proposal to reduce annual salary and number of teachers in order to make money?
2 What do you think is the reason for some people to be a teacher except for the reason to enjoy teaching to children?
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