An expected teacher exodus in South Africa could be a good thing

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Strangely, a mass exodus of older staff members could be just the thing the education system needs, writes ClaireBisseker.

For months education researchers have been fiercely flagging the fact that a huge wave of teacher retirements is going to hit South Africa between now and 2030, as more than half of public school teachers are already over the age of 50.

The good news is that, given the strides universities have made in ramping up the production of young teachers in recent years, they should be better able to meet the additional demand. New teacher graduates also score significantly higher than older teachers on content knowledge tests, especially in maths...

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ClaireBisseker Not if it leaves a big vacuum in its wake.... Because there is no natural feeding pipeline of any significance going at the moment..... It will result in knee jerk catch up decisions, just adding more incompetence to the system. Wife and daughter are both teachers. I know....

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