14 Jun 2022

Principals struggling to fill teacher vacancies

From Morning Report, 7:36 am on 14 June 2022

Desperate principals warn that finding teachers to fill vacancies is becoming a nightmare in some parts of the country. While some teachers take off overseas, the traditional arrival of foreign teachers has not resumed after Covid.

The Education Ministry is offering scholarships and relocation grants, hoping to attract 2500 new teachers over the next twelve months.

Here's education correspondent John Gerritsen.