Perhaps it's worth mentioning that Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar & Cambodia are all in South East Asia?

Economics is frequently taught by non-specialists and, in my opinion, often taught badly as a result. I've seen many poor teachers of economics. It's a discipline, like many others, where students really benefit from having a knowledgable teacher. Many of the technical concepts are glossed over when teachers are not completely comfortable and familiar with core principles. Business and Management is a subject area which requires less technical knowledge on behalf of the teacher. It's easier to learn business principles. Also, ironically, students tend to perform better in Economics globally. Furthermore, more academic schools, as well as schools with specialist economics teachers tend to have high proportions of students taking the subject.

If you are a good economics teacher, you will be highly sought after. However, make sure you really know the subject well.

Flyingpigs wrote:
> I wonder if there is a quick online way to become a heart surgeon....

No, there isn't; because heart surgery requires a specialist skill set, knowledge and ability which far surpasses that of your average teacher. This is one of the reasons why I could pretty much guarantee that there are far fewer mind-numbingly stupid heart surgeons in the world than there are teachers - also evidenced by the standard of some of the posting on this forum.

It's amusing how precious teachers are about their profession. It really isn't 'heart surgery'. That being said, it seems that there are fewer options in North America to hasten your route into the profession than there are in the U.K. Seems like an undergraduate degree is the first step in any instance. It depends on how quickly this can be achieved.

Whilst those points are valid, shadylane, I can personally vouch for two schools I have worked in where the current SA salary information is wildly inaccurate.

[quote="mollymillions"]You know more about the pay-scales than I do then Auniesocial, I'm going by their Search profiles and own websites. According to them, someone with 4 years experience could expect:

ISKL $60,000
IGB $54,000
Nexus $52,000
Mont Kiara $37,000[/quote]

One of the KL schools employed an outside agency to do a comparative study a few years ago. The figures above would seem a drastic departure from the results I was privy to, as well as conversations I had with teachers from the schools above. Perhaps they have changed substantially, but I wouldn't rely too heavily on the SA information. The Mont Kiara quoted salary seems much lower than what I have been told by someone who worked there.

[quote="mollymillions"]Malaysia

Best schools, by which I mean most well established and best packages are probably ISKL followed by Garden International.

There are a bunch of other good schools but that generally don't pay quite as well: Nexus, Alice Smith, AISM, Mont Kiara.

IGB has only just opened, looks to pay well but I have no idea what it's like.

A lot of the other schools are technically international but are have a largely local staff and student body and I would avoid myself.[/quote]

Poorly informed post. Mont Kiara is the second best paid school in KL. In terms of the British schools, The Alice Smith school's basic salary is still about 15% higher than Gardens', with superior health benefits and a much better reputation.