Shortage of secondary teachers getting worse
The shortage of secondary teachers is getting worse. The education ministry today forecast high schools will be short 1220 teachers this year and next, a big jump from last year's estimate of 880 for the same period. The figures were unveiled moments after the Education Minister Erica Stanford talked up the government's efforts to encourage more people to become teachers. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.
Checkpoint · RNZ
February 27, 20263m 20s
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The shortage of secondary teachers is getting worse. The education ministry today forecast high schools will be short 1220 teachers this year and next, a big jump from last year's estimate of 880 for the same period. The figures were unveiled moments after the Education Minister Erica Stanford talked up the government's efforts to encourage more people to become teachers. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.
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