Anand Vaishnav, Globe Staff
According to data of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, a worldwide problem in primary and secondary education is the “massive” shortage of teachers (UIS, 2016, p. 1). The need for teachers is especially high in secondary schools, with a shortage of 44.4 million teachers by 2030 (UIS,...
The Public Service Commission froze the recruitment of teachers and other professionals in 2014. The education sector, in particular, has been hard hit with some teachers complaining of taking care of as many as 165 pupils in a class. The new recruitment drive is also intended to facilitate a ...
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Education has set aside a whole month - February 6 to March 6 - for school officials, teachers, parents and other community stakeholders to plan ways of addressing education resource gaps and implementing different intervention programs to ensure that all ...
Wrobleski is now the superintendent of the district he once attended. And he said the Covid-19 pandemic made the shortage worse. According to a recent Rand Corp. survey, almost 1 in 4 teachers said they may leave their job by the end of the 2020-21 school year. Prior to the pandemic...