New Zealand has announced that it will need at least 850 new teaching staff to handle shortages in the coming year. In a statement released by New Zealand Education Minister Chris Hipkins in October, the country said that 650 extra primary teachers and 200 extra secondary teachers will be needed in 2019 to meet a..
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New Zealand targeting South African teachers to tackle shortages
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South Africa teachers are enjoying the opportunity to gain permanent and contract positions in the British education system
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British schools are excited to employ passionate South African teachers who have built a strong reputation in UK schools. UK Headteachers talk positively about the South African teachers working in their schools. But why are South Africans sought after by British schools? Dedication South African Teachers have often had to work in challenging environments, with..
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South African teachers find greener pastures in United Arab Emirates, where there are better opportunities
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The South African Council of Educators says it’s concerned at the number of teachers leaving the country. The Sunday Times is reporting that teachers are leaving South Africa and heading mostly to the United Arab Emirates, where there are better opportunities. Contributing factors prompting teachers to leave the country include religious intolerance, class sizes and..
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Education in China: This is what you need to know
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Today it is certainly not an exaggeration to say that literally thousands of South Africans gives school in Russia, the Middle East and Asia. Only in China alone there are hundreds of teachers in the one internet group of which I am the administrator, called South Africans Living In China. But it’s not without dangers and problems, as one of the members of the group recently found out. Madri Strydom was detained in Beijing for sixteen days before being deported to South Africa.
Madri was not the first South African to have been deported. Neither the first who did nothing wrong and yet the Chinese showed her the door. She will certainly not be the last.
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