Australia has amongst the highest teacher shortages in the OECD

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https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10/australia-has-amongst-the-highest-teacher-shortages-in-the-oecd/

A new OECD report reveals that Australia’s education system is facing a diabolical staffing crisis**.** Since 2018, teacher shortages have soared leaving Australia among the worst-performing nations in the OECD.

The shortage is most acute in public schools, disadvantaged schools and regional town schools Despite the scale of the problem**,** progress in reducing it has been glacial. Governments have largely ignored the key causes of low teacher pay, high workloads, too much administrative work, lack of support and safety at work.

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shirro@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I believe it is largely a retention problem. Major political parties are thoroughly captured by the private school lobby and the religious enterprises that run them. It’s almost like they are running the public system down to help out their mates.

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DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Governments have largely ignored the key causes of low teacher pay, high workloads, too much administrative work, lack of support and safety at work.

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arran4@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Be wary of any article talking about shortages as it’s a supply demand curve and the demand is the one posting.

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- HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Be wary of people applying Econ 101 concepts where they aren’t applicable.
  
  Education is a public good and the market will never provide adequate supply. It requires public policy to provide it. You’re right that if public schools made teaching an attractive option there would be more teachers, but then that’s the point of the article.
  
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