2 Jul 2020

Principals fear border closure will worsen teacher shortage

From First Up, 5:10 am on 2 July 2020

Principals are worried they will be short-staffed next year because foreign teacher are not being allowed into the country. They are hoping the covid-19 border restrictions can be eased for overseas teachers to help ease the teacher shortage. Steve Hargreaves from the Auckland Secondary Principals Association told our education correspondent John Gerritsen, the outlook for staffing in 2021 is unclear.