Australian State Needs 11,000 More Public School Teachers Within the Next Decade
New South Wales (NSW) will need to recruit thousands of new teachers in the next 10 years to meet the demand from record-high student enrolment numbers.
A new report (pdf) by economist Adam Rorris commissioned by the NSW Teachers Federation Union projects that public schools need to hire at least 11,000 additional teachers by 2031 to meet the surging number of kindergarten to year 12 enrolments.
However, the education department has found that the state already has existing teacher shortages, particularly in STEM fields and rural locations.
“This is projected to worsen due to a combination of student population increases, an ageing workforce, and fewer people going into teaching,” NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford said in an audit report from 2019 (pdf).
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A Sydney mayor has referred his own council for investigation over repeated delays to restoration works on Australiaâs oldest public swimming pool.
Inner West Councilâs Labor mayor, Darcy Byrne, wrote to NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford on Tuesday to request she probes staffâs handling of heritage works on Dawn Fraser Baths, which is yet to reopen despite formerly being slated for completion last December.
The restoration of Dawn Fraser Baths in Balmain has been plagued by delays.
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âAs Inner West mayor, I do not take this step lightly, but the project has been plagued by a series of continued delays regarding the completion of the project,â Cr Byrne wrote to Ms Crawford, in a letter seen by