Demand for secondary teachers was also projected to grow year-on-year out to 2025, due to the number of primary school students moving into secondary school. However, teachers were still needed in hard-to-staff subjects such as te reo Māori and STEM and in the Māori medium sector and in certain schools. In 2018, the ministry forecast being short of 260 primary school teachers and 130 secondary teachers in 2019. Ellen MacGregor-Reid, the ministry’s early learning and student achievement deputy secretary, said the gap in supply and demand had “reduced greatly” compared to previous years.
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The Ministry of Education’s Ellen MacGregor-Reid acknowledges there are supply and demand gaps for particular schools and subject areas.