If I get hired by an agent to work in a government school, who is responsible for paying me?
The agent is responsible for paying you because you work for the agent, not the government school. Schools often decide to recruit through teacher agencies simply because they don’t want the headaches that would come with employing a teacher directly. The school doesn’t have to sort out the paperwork (very often they don’t know how to do it anyway) If the school has problems with a teacher, then they can just notify the agent rather than get involved in a slanging match with the teacher. The list goes on.
