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| Subject: FAIL: $16m OZschwitz statist teacher scheme recruits just 14 Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:25 pm | |
| A $16 MILLION federal Labor commitment to stem the shortage of maths and science teachers by fast-tracking bankers, accountants and engineers into classrooms has recruited only 14 participants.
The Teach Next scheme was announced by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, during the 2010 election, when she promised that Labor would bring 450 mid-career professionals into teaching over four years.
The program had been stymied by different legislation and regulations in each state and territory.
Teach Next was supposed to help address teacher shortages in regional and hard-to-staff schools and reduce the numbers teaching outside subject areas.
However, just 14 participants have been placed in schools after two intakes and every state and territory, except Victoria and the ACT, has declined to participate or has pulled out. Advertisement
Half of the promised funding - $8.1 million - had been redirected to Teach for Australia, a program that places high-achieving non-teaching graduates in disadvantaged schools.
Participants in Teach Next are parachuted into schools after six weeks' intensive training at Victoria's Deakin University, eventually earning a postgraduate diploma of teaching after two years. Grants of up to $10,000 are offered to contribute to course costs and assist with relocation.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-education/just-14-recruits-in-push-for-teachers-20130213-2eddb.html#ixzz2KohW6Qvo
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