Principals call for action on teacher 'crisis'
Page 1 of 2 5:00AM Wednesday September 19, 2007
By Martha McKenzie-Minifie and Nzpa
Primary school principals called for urgent action on the Auckland teacher shortage in a meeting with education officials yesterday.
South Auckland has emerged as one of the worst-hit areas in the teacher shortage "crisis", with schools unable to get relief workers forced to "double up" their classes when a teacher calls in sick.
The problem was expected to worsen next term, as school rolls traditionally rise at the end of the year.
A Government pledge to lower the ratio of new entrant students to their teachers next year was predicted to add to the pressure.
More
here .