Teaching no longer a secure job, with one-fifth of the workforce temporary
We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
Dismiss
By Jordan Baker
Normal text size
Advertisement
One in five NSW public school teachers is now in a temporary position, meaning job security - one of the chief attractions of the education profession - is no longer guaranteed, a study has found.
Since temporary positions were created by the NSW Department of Education in 2001, casual workers have remained steady but the proportion of permanent teachers has fallen by about 14 per cent.
Job security used to offset low pay for teachers. Now one in five jobs is temporary.