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Only half of required number of trainee secondary teachers in England recruited
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
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Pay. Them. What. They. Deserve.
Seriously. My buddy doing echo tests of drainpipes a few hours a day for a water company (which took only a few hours of training to start doing) earns double that of a teacher with several years of crippling university debt.
If we want an intelligent, productive workforce in the future, it starts with good teachers being rewarded for taking on the huge amount of stress and time that is teaching. We shouldn’t be relying on the altruism of good teachers putting up with hell for the benefit of our children and leaving only those who don’t aspire to paying their bills or affording a holiday to enter the profession.
How on earth we ended up with teaching being so disgustingly undervalued is beyond me and must change.
I agree with this. Even more so if you add in that we need to make education cheaper for the younger generations. If you are not investing in the future, then you can really expect to have one.