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Australia has amongst the highest teacher shortages in the OECD (johnmenadue.com)

submitted 1 day ago by HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net to c/australia@aussie.zone

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A new OECD report reveals that Australia’s education system is facing a diabolical staffing crisis**.** Since 2018, teacher shortages have soared leaving Australia among the worst-performing nations in the OECD.

The shortage is most acute in public schools, disadvantaged schools and regional town schools Despite the scale of the problem**,** progress in reducing it has been glacial. Governments have largely ignored the key causes of low teacher pay, high workloads, too much administrative work, lack of support and safety at work.

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[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Low teacher pay seems like a bit of a stretch. Most states have teachers paid over 100k within a few years of graduating. I think NSW, ACT and WA all start new grads at 85-90k.

[–] HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net 3 points 22 hours ago

I agree that both

teachers are underpaid
pay is not remotely the main reason teachers leave

Higher pay would help attract more teachers and therefore could help reduce workload if public schools were given the funding to employ them. But low pay is not a major reason why people leave the profession.