# Hess wants me to teach children under 6. Is that illegal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Teaching English in Taiwan\ **Tags:** rules\ **Created:** [July 30, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/hess-wants-me-to-teach-children-under-6-is-that-illegal/182268 "2019-07-30T21:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/hess-wants-me-to-teach-children-under-6-is-that-illegal/182268/2 "2019-07-30T22:25:08Z")
Hello Help, nice to meet you. To shed some light on the first question, if you have time, I suggest reading these threads: > [@Legality teaching under six](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/legality-teaching-under-six/173098/): > > So I have seen this brought up a few times in the past and I’ve been trying to search around on the forums for an update to this. Is it legal for a foreigner to teach 5 year olds English? In a buxiban that is. I have heard that teaching in a kindergarten is illegal but my school is a registered buxiban with only one K class (they are 5). I saw on the forums a while ago (can’t find it now) that this is technically legal now but I’m just curious… Also what would happen if caught. (deportation?) … > [@\*BUSTED\* My little school is in peril!](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/busted-my-little-school-is-in-peril/181191/44): > > FIFY. (The central government has ministries/部; local governments have departments/局.) Where did you get that idea? I thought we went over this already. Buxibans are buxibans, kindergartens are kindergartens, and never the twain shall overlap if they’re doing things by the book. The prohibition on foreign language lessons is for kindergartens. That one is clear. The prohibition that buxibans theoretically have is on teaching kindergarten-age kids (teaching them anything), but that one is… > [@Kindy in TW](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/kindy-in-tw/174607): > > Which year did it become illegal to teach kindy kids English? * * * > [@Help\_Me\_Be\_A\_Teacher](#): > > Also, is signing the employee handbook basically me signing a contract? :rofl: Sorry, not laughing at you. It depends on the content. Feel free to PM me. > [@Help\_Me\_Be\_A\_Teacher](#): > > Also, is Hess really bad? Are Shane and Kojen better? @discobot quote --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/hess-wants-me-to-teach-children-under-6-is-that-illegal/182268)._