Australian State Needs 11,000 More Public School Teachers Within the Next Decade

Australian State Needs 11,000 More Public School Teachers Within the Next Decade
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New South Wales (NSW) will need to recruit thousands of new teachers in the next 10 years to meet the demand from record-high student enrolment numbers.

A new report (pdf) by economist Adam Rorris commissioned by the NSW Teachers Federation Union projects that public schools need to hire at least 11,000 additional teachers by 2031 to meet the surging number of kindergarten to year 12 enrolments.