Teacher shortages are reaching crisis point – Kane

Mike
Kane MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Minister, responding to the National Audit
Office’s report which has found teacher recruitment is not keeping up with
rising pupil numbers, said:

“Teacher
shortages are reaching crisis point and it is subjects that are vital to our
country’s future such as science and computing that are hardest hit.

“The
Education Select Committee, the School Teachers’ Review Body, and the last
Education Secretary have all said that the public sector pay cap is
contributing to challenges in teacher recruitment, yet the Government have
again said that they will continue to impose the cap.

“There
is no greater investment a government can make in education than in the quality
of teaching. It is time the Tories read the writing on the wall and lifted the
public sector pay cap – their continued inaction is threatening our children’s
education.”