The BBC reports that the Education Select Committee of Parliament is concerned about “significant teacher shortages” in the UK.
The Education Select Committee has called for a long-term plan, as schools struggle to recruit enough teachers and pupil numbers continue to rise.
MPs want more active efforts to reduce the numbers quitting teaching.
The Department for Education said there were currently record levels of teachers.
A spokesman said: “We recognise there are challenges.”
As in most parts of the US, the greatest shortages are in fields like Physics, maths1, and computer science.
Also similar to the US, a large percentage of new teachers leave the profession within their first five years.
So what is the Department doing to address their challenges?
A £1.3bn2 recruitment campaign, “featuring a series of high-profile advertising campaigns for teaching”. Also, “financial incentives focused on attracting recruits into shortage subjects”.
Although the reporter found someone late in the piece to bring up a “lack of pay raises” for teachers, and had the requisite union rep quote about “distractions” in the classroom, there was no indication anything like better pay or working conditions was being considered by the government.
They just need better marketing.