15 Nov 2018

Overseas teacher recruitment a 'band-aid' - principal

From Morning Report, 7:37 am on 15 November 2018

The Ministry of Education's international recruitment drive appears to have headed off a looming teacher shortage crisis. It launched the drive last month after predictions primary and secondary schools would be 850 teachers short at the start of the new school year in 2019. Yesterday the ministry said 550 foreign teachers have already been screened and are ready for principals to hire. Richard Dykes is from the Auckland Secondary School Principals Association.