The national ratio of students to teachers is at an all-time low. So why do governments keep warning of a teacher workforce crisis?
The national ratio of school students to teachers is at its lowest point ever, bringing into question claims about aThe ratio fell to 13.4 students to every teacher in 2021, down from 14.2 in 2006, according to data in the National Report on Schooling in Australia released on Monday.
“The teacher shortage issue is largely one of a mismatch [more] than it is purely a numbers problem,” said Mr Fahey.“Also growth in the early childhood sector and tutoring market have given further options to people with teaching degrees and has led to some displacement in that workforce.” While pay is often raised as a leading cause of people not entering the teaching profession, contrary to popular belief,. They are ranked fifth for highest paid in the OECD after Luxembourg, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands.peters out after a decade,NSW and Queensland last year increased the salaries of experienced teacher by between 11 per cent and 20 per cent.author of a report“We know that fewer people are enrolling to study education at university and that graduation rates are low.
Mr Fahey said forward projections for school-aged population were “mild to moderate” in NSW at least, yet the supply of teachers is growing larger than it has ever been.
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