Record number of UK state school teachers quit over low pay

On June 8, the UK Departmentof Education released statistics on the workforce in public schools in the country in 2022. Accordingly, in 2022, there were about 468,000 teachers working in schools in the UK, an increase of 2,800 people compared to the previous year, including nearly 48,000 newly recruited teachers.

2022 sees record high number of state school teachers quitting in England

Notably, statistics also show that 40,000 public school teachers will have left their jobs before the retirement age in 2022, equivalent to nearly 1/10 of the teaching force. This is also the highest number of teachers leaving the profession since the UK Department for Education began publishing data in 2011. In addition, the number of teachers retiring is 4,000.

According to The Guardian , teachers' unions in England "blame" poor working conditions and long-term pay declines as the main causes of record-high absenteeism among teachers.

On this issue, Mr. Jack Worth, a member of the British Educational Research Organization, proposed that the education sector needs to have policies to help reduce teachers' workload and pay more competitive salaries.

Currently, the average salary for a public school teacher in the UK is £40,300 (VND1.2 billion) per year. This level for leaders is £56,000 (VND1.6 billion) and for principals is £70,800 (VND2.1 billion).

Besides, there are also many people choosing to become teachers after graduating, so the number of people applying to become teachers has also increased to a record level recently.

"We have many supports to attract new interns to teach priority subjects (including math, physics, chemistry, computer science - PV), at the same time focusing on supporting new teachers at the beginning of their careers," Ms. Keegan shared.

Some data released by the UK Department for Education on the workforce in state schools

According to statistics from the UK Department for Education, unfilled teaching positions are also at a record high with more than 2,300 vacancies. The number of teachers absent due to illness has also increased significantly, with more than 3 million sick days recorded in 2022, an increase of more than 50% compared to pre-Covid-19 levels (2018-2019 school year).

The UK has around 8.45 million students in 2022. The ratio of students to teachers in nursery and primary schools is 20.7. The figures for secondary schools and special schools are 16.8 and 6.4, respectively.

In Vietnam, the Ministry of Education and Training said that about 16,000 teachers will resign in 2022, significantly affecting teaching and learning activities. The country is also seriously lacking teachers to teach new subjects. Specifically, in the period of 2021-2025, there will be a shortage of about 110,000 teachers, of which 14,653 are lacking at the secondary level and 11,133 are lacking at the high school level.

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