Vaughan Couillault: Secondary Principals Association President on the dropping number of people signing up to be teachers
The Mike Hosking Breakfast - A podcast by Newstalk ZB - Tuesdays
New Zealand doesn’t seem to be the only country with a looming shortage of teachers. The Teaching Council's highlighting data that shows the number of students graduating as teachers has dropped by more than a third. Half as many people are signing up to become teachers as there were in 2010. Secondary Principals Association President Vaughan Couillault told Mike Hosking he's been hearing similar reports overseas. He says he's been told in Australia and the United Kingdom, exactly the same thing's happening. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
